The highest electricity rate for one-megawatt hour in the day-ahead spot market for Saturday will be 335.77 Turkish liras at 19.00 local time, and the lowest will be 82.09 liras at 12.00 local time, according to official figures on Friday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the electricity market's trade volume on Friday showed a decrease of 26.72% to 99.26 million liras compared to Thursday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity for the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 224.26 liras and 224.52 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price on the day-ahead spot market for one-megawatt hour on Friday was set as 334.67 liras at 19.00 local time, and the lowest was 199.99 liras at 03.00 and 04.00 local time.

US$1 equals 6.09 Turkish liras at 1149 GMT on Friday.

By Gokce Kucuk Topbas

Anadolu Agency

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