Turkey's lira firmed against the dollar on Thursday as the central bank kept interest rates on hold, in line with expectations, although market participants cautioned there could be further weakness ahead. At 1449 GMT, the lira stood at 5.6250 against the dollar, firming from Wednesday's close of 5.6975. The currency has lost almost a third of its value against the dollar this year on concerns about President Tayyip Erdogan's grip over monetary policy and a rift with Washington.
The bank left its benchmark one-week repo rate unchanged at 24 percent after a mammoth 6.25 percentage point increase last month that has helped the lira recoup some of its losses this year.
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