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The lira dropped to 14.21 against the US dollar, the lowest level since December 21. Transactions were temporarily halted in the İstanbul stock market.

Atilla served 24 months in prison in the US for helping Iran evade sanctions before being appointed as the head of Borsa İstanbul.

The deal between the sovereign wealth funds of the two countries has been finalized.

With 10 agreements signed with Qatar, Turkey expects a capital flow of 300 million dollars from the country. The sale of 10 percent shares of Turkey's stock exchange Borsa İstanbul is among list of agreements.

Eighteen investors and seven brokerage houses have been fined 2.4 million dollars for non-compliance with short-selling ban.

“Price change triggering circuit breaker” has been reduced from 7.5 and 10 percent to 5 percent in all groups. This change in price limits introduced by Borsa İstanbul aims to reduce the extreme volatility and to limit the losses of individual investors.

Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak has announced that Hakan Atilla, the former Deputy General Manager of Halkbank who served time in prison for violating US sanctions against Iran, will take office as the Chair of Borsa İstanbul.

İstanbul Stock Exchange has announced that the data flow problem, which led to the temporary closing of all markets using the BISTECH system, has been resolved.