Turkish stock exchange down at close

Benchmark BIST 100 index drops some 117 points at Wednesday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed the midweek at 9,062.36 points, down 1.28% from the previous close.

The BIST 100 index, which started the day at 9,184.63 points, lost 117.12 points from Tuesday's close.

The lowest value of the index for the day was 9,062.36, while its daily high was 9,236.77.

Some 18 indices increased in value, while 82 declined at the end of the day.

The total transaction volume reached 131 billion Turkish liras ($4.21 billion), while the overall value of the index was 7.74 trillion liras ($249.1 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 31.1920 as of 6.10 p.m. (1510GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 33.8325, while the GBP/TRY traded at 39.4650.

One ounce of gold was at $2,042.25, while the barrel price of Brent oil was around $82.30.

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