Turkish stock exchange climbs 3.22% at Tuesday's close

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 11,797.70 points, up 3.22% from the previous close.

After starting the day at 11,473.82, the BIST 100 index dropped 367.56 points from Monday’s close.

The day’s low was 11,352.90, while the daily high was 11,806.76.

A total of 93 indices rose in value, while six closed in the red.

Transaction volume reached 119.8 billion Turkish liras ($2.4 billion), while the total market value of the index stood at 11.59 trillion liras ($234.4 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 49.5765 as of 6.25 pm local time (1525GMT), while the EUR/TRY rate stood at 55.7390 and the GBP/TRY at 64.3695.

Gold was priced at $4,134.40 per ounce, while Brent crude futures stood at $108.

Mücahithan Avcıoğlu