Türkiye's BIST 100 index down at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed the midweek at 8,013.89 points, down 1.79% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 8,184.04 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 146.01 points from Tuesday's close.

The lowest value of the index during the day was 7,977.69, while its daily high was 8,235.96.

The market value of BIST 100 was around 6.8 trillion Turkish liras ($252.9 billion) by market close, with the daily trading volume being 141.3 billion Turkish liras ($5.2 billion).

Some 19 stocks gained value, while 81 declined.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,934.65, while Brent crude oil sold for around $92.2 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 26.9480, the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 28.9670, and the British pound traded at 33.6820 Turkish liras.