The highest electricity rate for one megawatt-hour in the day-ahead spot market for Thursday will be 325.54 Turkish liras at 17.00 local time and the lowest will be 224.73 liras at 05.00 local time, according to official figures on Wednesday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the trade volume on Thursday's electricity market showed a decrease of 9.22% to 162.23 million liras compared to Wednesday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity on the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 287.029 liras and 288.496 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price for one megawatt-hour on the day-ahead spot market on Wednesday was set as 343.82 liras at 17.00 local time and the lowest at 225.95 liras at 04.00 local time.

US$1 equals 7.57 Turkish liras at 1124GMT on Thursday.

By Sibel Morrow

Anadolu Agency

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