Turkey’s Sovereign Fund Allots at Least $1 Billion to Boost Stock-Market Heavyweights

  • Nation’s sovereign wealth fund to buy exchange-traded funds
  • Support for equities stepped up after Feb. 6 earthquakes

Information at the Borsa Istanbul SA stock exchange in Istanbul.

Photographer: Ismail Ferdous/Bloomberg
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Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund will channel cash into the nation’s main stock exchange via exchange-traded funds, in an open-ended attempt to keep the equities market from falling.