Turkey – Factors to watch on Aug 21

Here are news, reports and events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Thursday.

The lira USDTRY was quoted at 40.9400 against the U.S. dollar at 0402 GMT, compared with a close of 40.9285 on Wednesday.

The main BIST 100 share index XU100 closed 1.58% higher at 11,134.73 points on Wednesday.

GLOBAL MARKETS

The U.S. dollar hovered below a one-week high on Thursday and Asian stock markets were broadly mixed as investors braced for three days of potentially market-moving news from the Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole.

VICE PRESIDENT

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz will attend the launch of Artificial Intelligence academic program event in Ankara (0800 GMT)

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE

The Turkish Statistical Institute will announce the August consumer confidence index data. (0700 GMT)

TREASURY ISSUES

Turkish treasury will issue a government bond and a sukuk via direct sales method.

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