FINANCIAL MARKETS
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FINANCIAL MARKETS In the week to December 14th the Istanbul stockmarket leapt by 19.7%, thanks to the prospect of Turkey's entry to the EU and the chance of a loan from the IMF. Tel Aviv rose 7.1% ahead of Israeli-Syrian peace talks. Mumbai and Moscow both lost 3.6%: investors in India unwound long-term positions; those in Russia worried about Chechnya.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “FINANCIAL MARKETS”
From the December 18th 1999 edition
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