UPDATES WITH MORE DAILY FIGURES, CHANGES HEADLINE
By Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended the week at 1,528.99 points, down 1.41% from previous close.
Starting Friday at 1,548.53 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 21.94 points over Thursday's close of 1,550.93 points.
During the day, the index's lowest value was 1,511.29 points, while its daily high was 1,553.93 points.
The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 1.17 trillion Turkish liras ($161 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 25.9 billion Turkish liras ($3.6 billion).
On the last transaction day of the week, 20 stocks on the index rose and 80 fell compared to Thursday.
The highest trading volumes were posted by automotive firm Ford Otosan, chemical giant Petkim, and national flag carrier Turkish Airlines.
Electronic appliances manufacturer Vestel was the best performer, with its shares up 8.50%, while stocks of energy company Odas dropped the most, 6.47%.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,741.60 by market close, up from $1,730.40 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $63.80 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Friday.
| Exchange Rates | Thursday | Friday |
| USD/TRY | 7.3530 | 7.2630 |
| EUR/TRY | 8.7520 | 8.6320 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.2560 | 10.0750 |