The highest electricity rate for one megawatt-hour in the day-ahead spot market for Sunday will be 318.85 Turkish liras at 18.00 and the lowest will be 170.01 liras at 09.00 local time, according to official figures on Saturday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the trade volume on Saturday's electricity market showed a decrease of 10.4% to 150.1 million liras compared to Friday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity on the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 277.97 liras and 278.51 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price for one megawatt-hour on the day-ahead spot market on Saturday was set as 323 Turkish liras at 18.00 and the lowest 238.12 liras at 06.00 and 07.00 local times.

US$1 equals 7.41 Turkish liras at 1129 GMT on Saturday.

By Sibel Morrow

Anadolu Agency

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