Turkish stock exchange down at close

Benchmark BIST 100 index falls around 142.5 points at Thursday’s close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed the day at 8,863.88 points on Thursday, down by 1.58% from the previous close.

The BIST 100 index lost 142.67 points from Wednesday’s close.

The lowest value of the index for the day was 8,846.07, while its daily high was 9,051.60.

Some 35 indexes increased in value, while 62 declined at the end of the day.

The total transaction volume reached 66 billion Turkish liras ($1.94 billion), while the overall value of the index was 7.7 trillion liras ($225.9 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 34.2570 as of 6.45 p.m. (1545GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.2830, while the GBP/TRY traded at 44.1035.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,747.20, while the barrel price of Brent oil was around $73.05.

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