The highest electricity rate for one megawatt-hour in the day-ahead spot market for Saturday will be 316.37 Turkish liras at 21.00 local time and the lowest will be 194.65 liras at 06.00 local time, according to official figures on Friday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the trade volume on the electricity market on Friday showed a decrease of 7.1% to 149.3 million liras compared to Thursday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity on the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 296.21 liras and 297.14 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price for one megawatt-hour on the day-ahead spot market on Friday was set as 320.06 liras at 16.00 local time and the lowest at 198.56 liras at 06.00 local time.

US$1 equals 6.86 Turkish liras at 1144 GMT on Friday.

By Gokce Kucuk Topbas

Anadolu Agency

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