Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up at close

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Monday up 0.82 percent at 96,661.36 points with a total trading volume of around 8.4 billion Turkish liras ($1.8 billion).

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index ended the day with a 785.65-point hike from the previous close of 95,875.71 points, while it started the week at 95,922.27 points.

On Monday, the USD/TRY exchange was 4.5090 as of 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT), versus 4.4910 at Friday's close.

The euro/lira exchange rate rose to 5.3230 by market close, up from 5.2830 at Friday's close, and one British pound traded for 6.0540 Turkish liras, while the GBP/TRY rate was 6.0280 at the previous close.

The BIST Gold Exchange index fell 0.09 percent at the close. In Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, one ounce of gold traded for $1,297.00 as of 4.30 p.m. local time (1330GMT) Monday, versus $1,298.20 at previous close.

As of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT), the price of Brent oil stood at $76.25 per barrel -- hovering between $75.54 and $76.59 during the day -- while it was around $66 at the beginning of this year.