Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up over 1.3% at close

BIST 100 earns more than 1,270 points from previous close; Turkish lira gains in value against foreign currencies

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the day at 95,257.61 points on Tuesday, up 1.36% from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 95,592.62 points. As of daily close, it earned 1,276.22 points from Monday's close of 93.981,39 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,494.00 by market close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $59.30 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Tuesday.

Exchange Rates	Monday	Tuesday
USD/TRY	5.9340	5.8950
EUR/TRY	6.5440	6.4850
GBP/TRY	7.4940	7.4730

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