Turkish lira, airline stocks drop on reports Turkey "downed Russian jet" near Syrian border
Media reports that the Turkish military have shot down a Russian-made plane near the Syria border are weighing on the markets.
The Turkish lira has taken a hit, weakening to 2.87 lira to the US dollar, from 2.845.
USD/TRY is currently trading at 2.8663, up 0.61%.
Elsewhere, European markets turned red with German DAX losing 0.91% and France's CAC down 1.29%.
British FTSE 100 lost 0.85%.
On FTSE 100, airline stocks have fallen with easyJet down 3.31% and IAG
(British Airways’ parent company) down 3%. Ryanair lost 2.95% and Wizz Air was down 0.89%.
Turkey said its fighter jets have shot down a warplane near the Syrian border after it violated Turkey’s airspace. The country' military said in a statement the jet was warned 10 times in the space of five minutes over airspace violations before it was shot down by F-16 fighter jets.
Some officials said the plane was a Russian-made SU-24. Russia’s defence ministry said the downed fighter jet was Russian and did not violate Turkish airspace, the RIA news agency reported.
