By Tuba Ongun
Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday at 7,260.44 points, down 0.53% from the previous close.
Starting the day at 7,282.21 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 lost 38.89 points from Tuesday's close.
The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 6.1 trillion liras ($208.7 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 66 billion liras ($2.26 billion).
The price of an ounce of gold was $2,086.15, while Brent crude oil sold for around $80.46 per barrel as of 6.24 p.m. local time (1524GMT).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 29.3817, the euro/lira exchange rate was at 32.6456, and the British pound traded at 37.5131 liras.