The Turkish lira is falling again — but stock market investors are returning to Turkey at their fastest rate in half a decade

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• The Turkish lira continues to fall against the US dollar on Monday.
• Credit rating agencies S&P and Moody's both downgraded Turkey late Friday, stoking fears about the state of the Turkish economy.
• UBS said Turkish stocks saw their biggest investor inflows since early 2013 last week as investors "buy the dip."

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LONDON — The Turkish lira is weakening against the dollar on Monday morning as investors continue to fret over the state of the country's economy.

The dollar is up 1.7% against the lira to 6.0853 as of 11:04 a.m. BST (6:04 a.m. ET):

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