Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Tuesday's close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,391.65 points on Tuesday, down 0.19% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,396.11 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 2.72 points from the previous close of 1,394.37 points.

The index’s lowest value during the day was 1,388.54 points, while its daily high was 1,396.44 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 1 trillion Turkish liras ($126 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 12 billion Turkish liras ($1.35 billion).

On the second transaction day of the week, 35 stocks on the index rose, 59 fell, and the remaining flat compared to Monday's close.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,757.80 by market close, up from $1,752.95.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $82.92 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT).