Türkiye's BIST 100 closes Wednesday in the green

By Tuba Ongun

Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed Wednesday at 9,300.30 points, rising 0.80% from the previous close.

After starting the day at 9,196.02 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 73.44 points, with a daily transaction volume of 109 billion liras ($3.18 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,604.20, while Brent crude oil sold for around $71.31 per barrel as of 6.38 p.m. local time (1538GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 34.3403, the euro/lira exchange rate was 36.3755, and the British pound traded at 43.6461 liras.