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Ankara considers extending stock-market closure
14 February 2023 05:38 GMT
Turkey is considering extending the closure of the Istanbul stock market beyond Wednesday, amid the continued fallout of deadly earthquakes that put the benchmark BIST index into freefall last week.
Trading is expected to resume on 15 February, but officials could delay the reopening, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing two unnamed sources with direct knowledge of the discussions.
The deliberations come as Turkey continues to grapple with the fallout of the quakes which have left at least 31,643 people in the country dead, according to Turkey's Afad disaster agency.
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Turkey earthquake: Ankara considers extending stock-market closure
