Turkish stock exchange up at close

Benchmark BIST 100 index earns around 158 points at Thursday’s close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed the day at 8,872.85 points on Thursday, up by 1.81% from the previous close.

The BIST 100 index, which started the day at 8,779.05 points, earned 158.16 points from Wednesday’s close.

The lowest value of the index for the day was 8,779.05, while its daily high was 8,920.17.

Some 90 indexes increased in value, while nine declined at the end of the day.

The total transaction volume reached 61 billion Turkish liras ($1.78 billion), while the overall value of the index was 7.76 trillion liras ($226.9 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 34.2340 as of 6.30 pm (1530GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 36.9675, while the GBP/TRY traded at 44.3675.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,733.22, while the barrel price of Brent oil was around $74.35.

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