Turkey's Borsa Istanbul flat at Tuesday's close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,416.82 points on Tuesday, slightly up 0.04% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,409.42 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gains 0.52 points from the previous close of 1,416.30 points.

The index’s lowest value during the day was 1,408.01 points, while its daily high was 1,423.02 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 1.1 trillion Turkish liras ($124 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 16.1 billion Turkish liras ($1.8 billion).

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,754.10 by market close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $80.45 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT).