Daily brief
Turkey is reportedly considering using its $135 billion in gold reserves to defend the lira, as a drain on its foreign currency reserves raises the prospect of such sales to prop up the currency.
The flow of natural gas from Iran to Turkey has reportedly stopped following a strike on the South Pars gas field.
German insurers are negotiating with unions over job cuts linked to the implementation of artificial intelligence.
Styrian furniture manufacturer ADA, with 180 employees, has filed for insolvency.
An ICE train collided with an excavator in Hesse, with the Frankfurt-Fulda line since reopening.