Turkish stock exchange up at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed Monday at 10,110.18 points, up by 2.82% from the previous close.

The BIST 100 index started the week at 9,879.82 points, increasing 276.96 points from last week's close.

The lowest value of the index for the day was 9,879.82, while its daily high was 10,116.31.

While nine indices dropped during the day, 90 gained value.

The total transaction volume reached 88 billion Turkish liras ($2.58 billion), while the overall value of the index was 8.5 trillion liras ($251.4 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 33.9170 as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.5270 and the GBP/TRY traded at 44.5580.

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,500.28, while a barrel price of Brent oil was around $76.84.