Türkiye's BIST 100 closes Tuesday on low note

By Tuba Ongun

Türkiye's benchmark stock index finished Tuesday at 10,021.80 points, falling 0.87% from previous close.

After starting the day at 10,130.47 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 88.38 points with a daily transaction volume of 78.4 billion liras ($2.3 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,512.10, while Brent crude oil sold for around $74.15 per barrel as of 6.26 p.m. local time (1526GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 34.0140, the euro/lira exchange rate 37.5475, and the British pound traded at 44.5330 liras.