Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up 0.45% at opening session
ISTANBUL
Turkey's benchmark stock index started Tuesday at 101,722.32 points, up 0.45%, or 454.96 points.
On Monday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 2.54% to close the day at 101,267.36 points...
Saudi, Russia, US share fight intensifies in oil market
ANKARA
The world's three biggest oil-producing countries, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the US have intensified their fight for a greater share of the global oil market as sluggish oil demand...
Oil prices up at week ending May 15
ANKARA
Global oil prices showed gains on Friday with a fall in US stocks after 15 successive weeks of increases and on concerns over a second wave of COVID-19.
International benchmark...
Brent crude price up with decline in US gasoline stocks
ANKARA
Brent crude oil was up on Friday with a decline in US gasoline stocks, which implies that gasoline demand is picking up in the world's largest oil-consuming country.
International benchmark...
Oil prices down with worries over second COVID-19 wave
ANKARA
Oil prices were down on Friday as concern over the possibility of a second coronavirus (COVID-19) wave in the US is causing a major stock market sell-off and a...
Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close
ANKARA
Turkey's benchmark stock index down by 0.99% to 115.748,47 points at the closing session of Friday.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 117,315.61 points. It diminished 1,159.30...
Zynga buys Istanbul-based Rollic for $168 million
BOGOTA, Colombia
Zynga, a global leader in interactive entertainment, announced Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to buy Istanbul-based Rollic, a fast-growing hyper-casual mobile game developer, as part...
Turkish, US firms ink deal for huge chemical investment
ISTANBUL
Turkish polyester producer Sasa and US-based chemical giant Koch Industries signed an agreement for an investment worth $935 million to build a production plant for purified terephthalic acid (PTA)...
Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Friday opening
ANKARA
Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,074.98 points Friday, down 1.36 points or 0.13% from the previous close.
At Thursday's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index ended the day down...
Turkish firm important car parts supplier for Ferrari
ANKARA
A Turkish firm has been producing molds for automobile giants Ferrari, Audi, Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes for the past 75 years.
For 15 years, Igrek Makina, based in the northwestern...
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'EU sanctions on Turkey would make no sense at all'
ISTANBUL
The EU imposing sanctions on Turkey would be profoundly irrational, Turkey’s communications director said on Saturday.
“We have no such expectation” of sanctions being imposed,...
Lebanon: Hariri regrets failure of Macron’s initiative
BEIRUT, Lebanon
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has regretted the failure of French President Emmanuel Macron's initiative for forming a new government in Lebanon.
“Those...
Hamas chief hails Abbas’ speech to UN
GAZA CITY, Palestine
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday hailed President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the UN General Assembly, according to the official Wafa news...
Eurasian countries register new virus cases, deaths
KIEV
More coronavirus cases and fatalities were reported in several Eurasian and Central Asian countries on Saturday.
Ukraine
The death toll in Ukraine reached 3,903 with 76...
6 civilians dead in Afghanistan landmine blast
KABUL, Afghanistan
At least six people were killed in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, an official confirmed on Saturday.
A tractor trolley carrying...