Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul down 2.55% on Wednesday

BIST 100 diminishes nearly 35 points from previous close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Wednesday at 1,330.48 points, down 2.55% from the previous day.

After starting the day at 1,363.87 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index decreased 34.79 points from Tuesday's close of 1,365.27 points.

During the day, the index's lowest value was 1,308.52 points, while its daily high was 1,365.50 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 942 billion Turkish liras ($116 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 15.6 billion Turkish liras ($2 billion).

In the midweek session, five stocks on the index rose, 93 fell, and two were flat compared to Tuesday.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,783.60 by market close, up from $1,770.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $65.91 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT).