FIRST SESSION
ISTANBUL - A total of 704 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 7 trillion 419 billion 370 million Turkish liras (TL) on TL-basis in 14 transactions and 3 million 467 thousand 876 U.S. dollars on U.S. dollar-basis in 8 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 16,897,100 398.65 320.40
Lowest Price 16,857,900 396.25 -
Highest Price 17,130,000 402.65 -
Closing price 17,130,000 401.80 -
Average Weighted Price 17,095,323 399.49 -
Transactions Volume (Kg) 434 270 -
Total Transactions (each) 14 8 -

Trading Volume (TL) 7,419,370,000,000
Trading Volume (U.S. dollar) 3,467,876
Trading Volume (Euro) -

1ST SESSION'S TOTAL
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Total Transactions Volume (Kg) 704
Total Transactions (each) 22

(MS-AÖ) 17.03.2004