Turkish stock exchange down at close

Benchmark BIST 100 index drops around 67.5 points at Tuesday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 10,796.57 points, down 0.62% from the previous close.

The BIST 100 index started the day at 10,889.00 points, losing 67.51 points from Monday's close.

The lowest value of the index for the day was 10,772.29, while its daily high was 10,900.64.

Some 46 indices rose in value by the end of the day, while 51 declined.

The total transaction volume reached 100 billion Turkish liras ($3.05 billion), while the overall value of the index was 9.15 trillion liras ($280.25 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 32.8810 as of 7 p.m. local time (1600GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 35.5915, and the GBP/TRY traded at 42.0390.

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,362.10, while a barrel price of Brent oil was around $84.60.

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