Türkiye's BIST 100 index down at midweek close

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday at 11,577.12 points, down 1.87% from the previous close.

Starting the third transaction day of the week at 11,733.26 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 220.58 points from Tuesday's close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 11,565.56, while the highest was 11,780.89.

The total market value of BIST 100 was around 11.35 trillion Turkish liras ($229.45 billion), with a daily trading volume of 85.9 billion Turkish liras ($1.73 billion).

During the day, 95 stocks on the index fell and three rose, compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $4,136.35, while Brent crude oil futures sold for around $108.80 per barrel as of 6.40 pm local time (1540GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 49.6025, the euro/lira 55.7085, and the British pound traded at 66.4745 liras.

Mücahithan Avcıoğlu