The trade volume of Turkey's spot natural gas market increased by 51.2% to 6,2 million Turkish liras on Monday, Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data showed on Tuesday.
Total trade on Sunday amounted to 4,1 million liras.
On Monday's spot market, 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas cost 1,624 liras, while the cumulative natural gas trade volume amounted to around 3.82 million cubic meters.
Turkey received 160 million cubic meters of pipeline gas on Monday.
US$1 equals 8.12 Turkish liras at 1125 GMT on Tuesday.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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