ISTANBUL, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The Turkish central bank sold $50 million in a forex auction on Friday and received bids of $87 million, bank data showed.

The average price was 1.9351 and the lowest price was 1.9345.

(Writing by Ece Toksabay; Editing by Nick Tattersall) Keywords: TURKEY CBANK/FOREX

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