By Tuba Ongun
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 8,057.52 points, down 0.37% from the previous close.
Ending its two-session winning streak on Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 29.82 points from Monday's close.
The lowest value of the index during the day was 8,023.41, while its daily high was 8,120.50.
The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 6.9 trillion liras ($237.5 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 81 billion liras ($2.81 billion).
The price of an ounce of gold was $2,039.80, while Brent crude oil sold for around $78.87 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 28.9177, the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 31.3325, while the British pound traded at 36.5490 liras.