Türkiye's BIST 100 ends Monday lower

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Monday at 5,323.19 points, down 1.14% from the previous close.

Starting the week at 5,414.87 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 61.37 points compared to the last week's close of 5,384.56 points.

The index's lowest value during the first transaction day was 5,283.02, while its daily high was 5,429.33.

The total market value of BIST 100 was around 4.35 trillion Turkish liras ($229.5 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 78 billion Turkish liras ($4.11 billion).

During the day, 25 stocks on the index rose and 74 fell compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,911.20, while Brent crude oil sold around $82 per barrel as of 6.34 p.m. local time (1534GMT).