Turkish stock exchange up 3.8% at Monday's close

Benchmark BIST 100 index sees gain of 356.56 points in closing session

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed Monday at 9,747.07 points, up 3.80% from its previous close.

After starting the week at 9,611.21, the BIST 100 index earned 356.56 points from Friday's close.

The lowest point for the index during the day was 9,570.46, while the daily high was 9,767.77.

On Monday, 88 indexes gained in value, while 12 closed the day with losses.

The total transaction volume reached 127 billion Turkish liras ($3.27 billion), while the overall value of the index was 8.9 trillion liras ($230.76 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 38.7650 as of 6.50 pm local time (1550GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 43.0975, and the GBP/TRY traded at 51.2375.

The price of gold was $3,242.80 per ounce, while the barrel price of Brent oil was $64.95.

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