Borsa Istanbul to boost ‘energy’
The country’s stock exchange market Borsa Istanbul’s ‘energy’ will be boosted with new companies. This week, three energy companies will carry out book building and the first gong will ring for Galata Wind Energy.
Aydem Renewables, an Aydem Energy subsidiary, Doganlar Holding’s subsidiary Biotrend Enerji and the Odas Group subsidiary Can2 Termik AS will conduct book building on April 19-22, April 19-21 and April 20-21, respectively.
Dogan Holding’s subsidiary Galata Wind Energy, one of the biggest public offerings of recent years, carried out book building last week and will ring the first gong on April 22. While 24.4% percent of the shares offered to the public were sold to foreign institutional investors, demand for the issued shares of Galata Wind Energy has been 6.7 times.
Meanwhile, the banking index on Borsa Istanbul appreciated by 4.15% last week and showed the best performance in the last 14 weeks. The stock exchange is expected to start the week positively.
How about the money markets? USD/TRY started the day at 8.06. Following the Central Bank’s message about winking at policy interest cut, USD/TRY fluctuates between 8.00-8.15 while EUR/TRY is traded at 9.67.
DAILY AGENDA
The Ministry of Treasury and Finance will reopen the 2-year (567 days) maturity semiannually fixed coupon bond and the 4-year (1,519 days) maturity, semiannually consumer price indexed government bond.
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