The highest electricity rate for one megawatt-hour in the day-ahead spot market for Friday will be 324.79 Turkish liras at 08.00 local time and the lowest will be 205 liras at 05.00 local times, according to official figures on Thursday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the trade volume on the electricity market on Thursday showed a decrease of 5% to 149.6 million liras compared to Wednesday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity for the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 288.85 liras and 290.14 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price for one megawatt-hour on the day-ahead spot market on Thursday was set as 325.51 liras at 08.00 local time and the lowest at 200.00 liras at 05.00 local times.

US$1 equals 6.85 Turkish liras at 1138 GMT on Thursday.

By Gokce Kucuk Topbas

Anadolu Agency

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