FIRST SESSION

ISTANBUL - A total of 1,395 kg of gold was sold in the first session at the Istanbul Gold Exchange (IAB) on Wednesday.
The trading volume in the first session was 2 trillion 644 billion 460 million Turkish liras (TL) on TL-basis in 5 transactions, and 16 million 570 thousand 702 U.S. dollars on U.S. dollar-basis in 29 transactions.
The basic statistics of the transactions in the first session at the IAB are as follows:

GOLD TL/GRAM DOLLAR/OUNCE EURO/OUNCE
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Previous Closing Price 17,457,000 414.65 320.40
Lowest Price 17,600,000 406.70 -
Highest Price 17,663,700 417.05 -
Closing price 17,663,700 416.65 -
Average Weighted Price 17,629,733 413.98 -
Transactions Volume (Kg) 150 1,245 -
Total Transactions (each) 5 29 -

Trading Volume (TL) 2,644,460,000,000
Trading Volume (U.S. dollar) 16,570,702
Trading Volume (Euro) -

1ST SESSION'S TOTAL
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Total Transactions Volume (Kg) 1,395
Total Transactions (each) 34

(EÖ-AY) 18.02.2004