Spot market electricity prices for Friday, Feb. 27

- Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data shows electricity market trade volume amounts to 1.07 billion Turkish liras

The highest electricity price rate for one megawatt-hour on Türkiye's day-ahead spot market for Friday will be 2,468.01 Turkish liras at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), according to official figures released Thursday.

The lowest rate was set at 999.10 liras at 1 p.m. local time (1000 GMT), the data showed.

The Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for Friday's electricity market trade volume showed an increase of 1.7% to around 1.07 billion liras compared to Thursday.

The arithmetical and weighted average prices for electricity on the day-ahead spot market are calculated at 1,694.2 liras and 1,706.67 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price on the day-ahead spot market for one megawatt-hour for Thursday was set at 3,250.01 Turkish liras at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), while the lowest was set at 700 liras at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), the data showed.

US$1 equals 43.88 liras at 2 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) on Thursday.

By Basak Erkalan

Anadolu Agency

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