• The lira stood at 5.9845 against the US dollar at 08:43 GMT, down 0.4% from the day before.
• The central bank does not have a lira exchange rate target, Uysal said at a press conference in Ankara.

The lira stood at 5.9845 against the US dollar at 08:43 GMT, down 0.4% from the day before.

The central bank does not have a lira exchange rate target, Uysal said at a press conference in Ankara, adding that he expects the relatively stable trend in foreign currency prices to continue.