ISTANBUL, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Monday.
The lira was unchanged at 1.577 against the dollar in early trade from Friday's close.
The benchmark Nov. 7, 2012, bond's yield closed at 8.28 percent on Friday from a previous 8.25 percent. The main share index closed flat at 65,985 points.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Oil prices jumped a dollar and Asian stocks slipped as spreading tensions in Libya and other oil-producing regions encouraged some profit taking after last week's solid gains. Gold prices inched higher, adding to last week's gains of nearly 3 percent.
MEY ICKI
Diageo PLC is close to buying Turkish spirits company Mey Icki for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion and is set to announce a deal on Monday barring any snags, the Wall Street Journal reported. Mey, the dominant producer of Turkey's anise-flavored national drink, raki, is owned by private equity group TPG Capital. TPG and Diageo were not immediately available for comment on Sunday.
TAV HOLDING
The airport builder and operator is continuing work on an international terminal in Tripoli despite the political unrest in Libya and has no plans to evacuate its 250 Turkish workers, company officials said, according to Hurriyet newspaper on Sunday. TAV is part of a consortium that won a 1.5 billion euro contract to build the terminal.
TURKISH AIRLINES
The Privatisation Board on Friday named a consortium of TSKB , Unicredit, Yapi Kredi Securities and Unicredit Securities to act as advisors in the sale of a further stake in the flag carrier.
Separately, the flag carrier said late on Friday it will launch flights from Istanbul to Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan this year and flights to Batumi, Georgia, and Baku from Ankara by the summer. It will also begin a new domestic route from Ankara to Gazipasa near the Mediterranean resort of Antalya.
2011 INVESTMENTS
Zorlu Group plans $1.2 billion in investment this year, mainly in energy, including power producer Zorlu Enerji , but also $100 million in white-goods unit Vestel , Sabah newspaper reported. Unlisted Calik Group will spend $700 million in energy, banking and telecoms, including on acquisitions, it said.
Anadolu Group, which owns the Middle East's biggest brewer Efes and has energy projects, plans to invest almost $500 million, while Borusan Holding, which owns pipemaker Borusan Mannesman and Borusan Investment, will spend $400 million this year, the daily said.
CAPACITY UTILISATION
Capacity usage data for February is due at 1230 GMT.
MANUFACTURING CONFIDENCE
Data on business confidence in February is due at 1230 GMT.
GOVERNMENT DEBT STOCK
The central government's debt stock in January data will be announced at 1500 GMT.
TURK TRAKTOR
The tractor builder owned by Koc Holding doubled production last year to 28,348 units, 20,000 of which were for the domestic market, General Manager Marco Votta was quoted as saying by Hurriyet on Sunday.
AKENERJI
Shareholders Akkok and Prague-based CEZ mandated Akenerji, a power producer, to seek preliminary bids for its assets, according to a stock-exchange filing after the market closed on Friday.
COCA-COLA ICECEK
Coke's Turkish unit said on Friday it has mandated banks for a long-term credit worth up to $600 million.
Note: For a list of forthcoming events, see.
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The lira was unchanged at 1.577 against the dollar in early trade from Friday's close.
The benchmark Nov. 7, 2012, bond's yield closed at 8.28 percent on Friday from a previous 8.25 percent. The main share index closed flat at 65,985 points.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Oil prices jumped a dollar and Asian stocks slipped as spreading tensions in Libya and other oil-producing regions encouraged some profit taking after last week's solid gains. Gold prices inched higher, adding to last week's gains of nearly 3 percent.
MEY ICKI
Diageo PLC is close to buying Turkish spirits company Mey Icki for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion and is set to announce a deal on Monday barring any snags, the Wall Street Journal reported. Mey, the dominant producer of Turkey's anise-flavored national drink, raki, is owned by private equity group TPG Capital. TPG and Diageo were not immediately available for comment on Sunday.
TAV HOLDING
The airport builder and operator is continuing work on an international terminal in Tripoli despite the political unrest in Libya and has no plans to evacuate its 250 Turkish workers, company officials said, according to Hurriyet newspaper on Sunday. TAV is part of a consortium that won a 1.5 billion euro contract to build the terminal.
TURKISH AIRLINES
The Privatisation Board on Friday named a consortium of TSKB , Unicredit, Yapi Kredi Securities and Unicredit Securities to act as advisors in the sale of a further stake in the flag carrier.
Separately, the flag carrier said late on Friday it will launch flights from Istanbul to Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan this year and flights to Batumi, Georgia, and Baku from Ankara by the summer. It will also begin a new domestic route from Ankara to Gazipasa near the Mediterranean resort of Antalya.
2011 INVESTMENTS
Zorlu Group plans $1.2 billion in investment this year, mainly in energy, including power producer Zorlu Enerji , but also $100 million in white-goods unit Vestel , Sabah newspaper reported. Unlisted Calik Group will spend $700 million in energy, banking and telecoms, including on acquisitions, it said.
Anadolu Group, which owns the Middle East's biggest brewer Efes and has energy projects, plans to invest almost $500 million, while Borusan Holding, which owns pipemaker Borusan Mannesman and Borusan Investment, will spend $400 million this year, the daily said.
CAPACITY UTILISATION
Capacity usage data for February is due at 1230 GMT.
MANUFACTURING CONFIDENCE
Data on business confidence in February is due at 1230 GMT.
GOVERNMENT DEBT STOCK
The central government's debt stock in January data will be announced at 1500 GMT.
TURK TRAKTOR
The tractor builder owned by Koc Holding doubled production last year to 28,348 units, 20,000 of which were for the domestic market, General Manager Marco Votta was quoted as saying by Hurriyet on Sunday.
AKENERJI
Shareholders Akkok and Prague-based CEZ mandated Akenerji, a power producer, to seek preliminary bids for its assets, according to a stock-exchange filing after the market closed on Friday.
COCA-COLA ICECEK
Coke's Turkish unit said on Friday it has mandated banks for a long-term credit worth up to $600 million.
Note: For a list of forthcoming events, see.
For other related news, double click on: Turkish politics Turkish equities Turkish money Turkish debt Turkish hot stocks Forex news All emerging market news All Turkish news
For real-time quotes, double click on: Istanbul National-100 stock index, interbank lira trading, lira bond trading
(Writing by Ayla Jean Yackley and Daren Butler) (ayla.yackley@thomsonreuters.com; +90 212 350 7053; Reuters Messaging: ayla.yackley.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.