Turkish assets traded sideways yesterday as investors awaited new market-moving data from the United States today and the publication of minutes from the US Federal Reserve’s last rate-setting meeting. The lira was trading at 1.1900 against the dollar at 1300 GMT, firmer than its interbank close of 1.1945 on Monday, while the main stock index gained 0.8 percent to 46,096 points. Bonds firmed on Monday as the yield on the benchmark October 7, 2009, bond fell to 16.73 percent from the previous day’s close of 16.83 percent.