ISTANBUL - A total of 2,304 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 5 trillion 657 billion 726 million Turkish liras (TL) on TL-basis in 15 transactions and 26 million 238 thousand 374 U.S. dollars on U.S. dollar-basis in 41 transactions.
The basic statistics of the transactions in the first session at the IAB are as follows:

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GOLD TL/GRAM DOLLAR/OUNCE EURO/OUNCE
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Previous Closing Price 18,345,000 411.50 320.40
Lowest Price 17,625,000 406.45 -
Highest Price 17,800,000 419.00 -
Closing price 17,625,000 406.60 -
Average Weighted Price 17,735,818 411.14 -
Transactions Volume (Kg) 319 1,985 -
Total Transactions (each) 15 41 -

Trading Volume (TL) 5,657,726,000,000
Trading Volume (U.S. dollar) 26,238,374
Trading Volume (Euro) -

1ST SESSION'S TOTAL
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Total Transactions Volume (Kg) 2,304
Total Transactions (each) 56

(GC-AY) 14.04.2004