The highest electricity price rate for one megawatt-hour in Turkey's day-ahead spot market for Thursday will be 636 Turkish liras between 09.00 and 22.00 (0600-1900 GMT) and the lowest will be 365.80 liras at 06.00 local time (0300 GMT), according to official figures on Wednesday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the trade volume on Wednesday's electricity market showed an increase of 4.14% to 341.89 million liras compared to Tuesday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity on the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 558.41 liras and 562.83 liras, respectively.

The electricity price for one megawatt-hour on the day-ahead spot market for Wednesday is set as 636 liras between 08.00 and 23.00 (0500-2000 GMT) and the lowest at 374.05 liras at 06.00 local time (0300 GMT).

US$1 equals 8.65 Turkish liras at 1128 GMT on Wednesday.

By Gokce Kucuk Topbas

Anadolu Agency

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