Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up nearly 1% at close

BIST 100 earns over 900 points compared to last week's close; Turkish lira gains in value against foreign currencies

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index increased by 0.96% to close Tuesday at 98,028.49 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 97,860.40 points. As of closing, it gained 930.15 points from Friday's close of 97,098.34 points.

Borsa Istanbul was closed for transactions on Monday due to July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,412.90 by market close, up from $1,406.00 at the previous close, according to Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets data.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $66.85 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Tuesday.

Exchange Rates	Friday	Tuesday
USD/TRY	5.7530	5.7100
EUR/TRY	6.4710	6.4080
GBP/TRY	7.2350	7.0950

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