By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Monday at 7,796.65 points, up 3.77% from the previous close.
After starting the week at 7,446.35 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 283.36 points from last week's close.
The lowest value of the index during the day was 7,411.52, while its daily high was 7,820.08.
The market value of the BIST 100 was around 6.58 trillion Turkish liras ($243.2 billion) by the market close.
The daily trading volume was 168 billion Turkish liras ($6.17 billion).
Some 91 stocks gained value, while nine declined.
The price of an ounce of gold was $1,918.35, while Brent crude oil sold for $85.06 per barrel as of 6.50 p.m. local time (1550GMT).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 27.1620, the euro/lira exchange rate was 29.5970, and the British pound traded at 34.5820 Turkish liras.