The trade volume of Turkey's spot natural gas market increased by 147.35% to 10.29 million Turkish liras on Saturday, Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data showed on Sunday.
Total trade on Friday amounted to 4.16 million liras.
On Saturday's spot market, 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas costs 2,235 liras, while the cumulative natural gas trade volume amounted to around 4.60 million cubic meters.
Turkey received 136.1 million cubic meters of pipeline gas on Saturday.
US$1 equals 8.61 Turkish liras at 1103 GMT on Sunday.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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