WEEKLY OUTLOOK Despite S&P’s revision of Turkey’s sovereign debt rating outlook to “stable” from “negative”, operation against Cumhuriyet newspaper, imprisonment of HDP MPs, terrorist attack thereafter in southeastern city Diyarbakır, as well as ongoing tension due to rating downgrade expectation from Fitch have led to a sharp swing in Turkish markets during the week. Deteriorated risk perception has led 5Y CDS surge to 271.8 on Friday from 252.1 a week ago. BIST100 ended the week by 5.2% loss (6.7% in USD terms) at 74,267 while USD...
03 Jul 18 (Tue)
11:57 am Read MoreWEEKLY OUTLOOK Another rating downgrade that could come from Fitch following Moody’s continues to strain markets as of last Friday. Heightened geopolitical risks, debates over constitutional changes to shift to executive presidential system as well as markets’ risk awareness in half day holiday before US GDP data on Friday have led markets to skew to the downside last week. Turkey 5y CDS which stood at 246.6 in October 21 picked up to 252.6 last Friday. BIST 100 closed the week at 78,333 on 0.6% weekly loss (1.5% loss in USD terms),...
03 Jul 18 (Tue)
11:46 am Read MoreWEEKLY OUTLOOK On top of rating downgrade expectation from Fitch, heightened geopolitical risks and debates over Constitutional changes have negatively affected risk perception about Turkish domestic assets. However, the CBRT’s decision not to move policy rates in this month’s Monetary Policy Council meeting alleviated the pressure over exchange rate and CDS spreads eased to 246.6 on Friday from 252.9 a week ago. BIST100 ended the week at 78,844 on a 1.7% gain while the gain has been 2.1% in USD terms. USD/TRY on a 0.4% weekly drop,...
03 Jul 18 (Tue)
11:27 am Read More2Y, 5Y and 10Y benchmark bond yields rising from 8.66%, 9.20% and 9.72% a week ago to 8.95%, 9.54% and 9.96% respectively.Domestic markets which felt a relief after Moody’s downgrade has experienced high volatility in the week to October 14, mainly due to increasing expectations of another downgrade from Fitch, operation preparations to Mosul and steep rise in dollar index. Turkey’s 5Y CDS spread picked up from 249.2 in October 7 to 252.9 in October 14, BIST 100 closed the week at 77,554 on a 0.5% loss (1.7% loss in USD terms) compared to previous week, USD/...
03 Jul 18 (Tue)
11:08 am Read MoreHaving left behind Moody’s related tension, markets were in an effort to recover this week, despite reemerged terrorist activities and expected downgrade from Fitch as well. With an increase in risk appetite, 5Y Turkish CDS spread which ended Sep 30 week at 262.1 has come down below 250 by Oct 7 close. BIST100 ended the week at 77,976 on a 1.9% gain (0.3% in $ terms) while USD/TRY was 1.7% up to 3.053 at the end of the week. Thanks to sharp drop in September inflation and globally low yields, bond yields have ended the week lower than previous week. 2Y benchmark bond yield closed at 8....
09 Oct 16 (Sun)
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