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ANKARA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Wednesday.
The lira stood at 18.8730 against the dollar at
0400 GMT, little changed from a close of 18.8725 on Tuesday.
The main BIST 100 share index closed 0.46% higher
at 5,149.39 points on Tuesday.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian share markets followed Wall Street into the red on
Wednesday as surprising strength in global surveys of services
stoked fears that central banks would have to lift interest
rates yet further and keep them up for longer.
EARTHQUAKE
Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike
the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities said on
Tuesday, two weeks after a massive quake killed more than 47,000
people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
CAPACITY UTILISATION The central bank will release capacity utilisation data for
February (0700 GMT).
MANUFACTURING CONFIDENCE The central bank will also announce manufacturing confidence
data for February (0700 GMT).
FOREIGN MINISTER
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will hold joint news
conference with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and
Enlargement Negotiations Oliver Varhelyi and Sweden's Minister
for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
Johan Forssell, who joined Varhelyi on behalf of the Swedish
Presidency of the EU Council in Ankara. (1145 GMT)
OPPOSITION
Iyi (Good) Party will hold parliamentary group meeting (0730
GMT).
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