The trade volume of Turkey's spot natural gas market increased by 19.2% to 9.50 million Turkish liras on Thursday, Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data showed on Friday.
Total trade on Wednesday amounted to 7.97 million liras.
On Thursday spot market, 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas cost 1,442 liras, while the total natural gas trade volume amounted to 6.57 million cubic meters.
Turkey received 177.75 million cubic meters of pipeline gas on Thursday.
US$1 equals 7.67 Turkish liras at 1131 GMT on Friday.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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