Earthquake-hit Turkey's stock exchange halts trading until February 15 as a deepening selloff knocks $35 billion off its key index

• Turkey's stock exchange halted trading on its key index Wednesday until Feb 15 after losses deepened, per media reports.
• Turkish stocks have shed $35 billion in a 16% selloff the wake of back-to-back earthquakes Monday.
• Turkey and Syria were hit by two devastating earthquakes which have so far claimed about 11,000 lives. 

Turkey's stock exchange halted trading Wednesday until February 15 as a deepening rout wiped $35 billion in value off its flagship exchange after devastating earthquakes hit the country, media reports said.