The highest electricity rate for one megawatt-hour in the day-ahead spot market for Tuesday will be 316.76 Turkish liras at 18.00 and the lowest will be 232.98 liras at 03.00 local time, according to official figures on Monday.

Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data for the trade volume on Monday's electricity market showed an increase of 6.15% to 165.5 million liras compared to Sunday.

The arithmetical and weighted average price of electricity on the day-ahead spot market is calculated as 274.28 liras and 275.91 liras, respectively.

The highest electricity price for one megawatt-hour on the day-ahead spot market on Monday was set as 309.99 liras at 09.00 and the lowest at 200 liras at 04.00 local time.

US$1 equals 7.10 Turkish liras at 1146 GMT on Monday.

By Sibel Morrow

Anadolu Agency

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