The highest electricity rate for one megawatt-hour in the day-ahead spot market for Saturday will be 322.11 Turkish liras at 18.00 and the lowest will be 233.45 liras at 07.00 local time, according to official figures on Friday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the trade volume on Friday's electricity market showed a decrease of 8.35% to 159.08 million liras compared to Thursday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity on the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 286.08 liras and 287.27 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price for one megawatt-hour on the day-ahead spot market on Friday was set as 320 liras at 09.00 and the lowest at 274.10 liras at 23.00 local time.

US$1 equals 7.33 Turkish liras at 1117 GMT on Friday.

By Busranur Begcecanli

Anadolu Agency

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