18.07.2008
Although U.S. stock-index futures and European stocks were down during early trade after disappointing earnings from Merrill Lynch and Microsoft, followed by L'Oreal’s reduction in its sales forecast, Turkish equities started Friday with gains led by the optimism stemming from Constitutional Court rapporteur's call. As Citigroup, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, announced a smaller- than-estimated loss in Q2, ISE-100 Index reached a daily high of 38,783 in the afternoon with fore...
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