Turkey's Borsa Istanbul ends day with gains

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index went up 1.13 percent to close at 95,610.48 points with a trading volume of around 7.9 billion Turkish liras ($1.55 billion) in the closing session on Friday.

On the last transaction day of the week, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index ended the day with a 1,067.21-point hike from Thursday's close of 94,543.27 points, while it started the day at 94,483.40 points.

One U.S. dollar traded for 5.0840 Turkish liras as of 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT), up from 5.0550 at Thursday's close.

The euro/lira exchange rate was 5.8920 by market close, versus 5.8850 at the previous close, and one British pound traded for 6.6180 Turkish liras, while the GBP/TRY rate was 6.6080 at Thursday's close.

In Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, one ounce of gold traded for $1,214 as of 4.30 p.m. local time (1330GMT) Friday, stood unchanged compared to the previous close.

As of 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT), the price of Brent oil stood at $73.35 per barrel -- hovering between $73.08 and $73.73 during the day -- climbing from around $66 at the beginning of 2018.