Türkiye's BIST 100 index ends Monday at record level

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Monday at 7,470.10 points, hitting a record-high close, up 0.94% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 7,434.53 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 69.53 points from the last week's close.

The lowest value of the index during the day was 7,399.02, while its daily high was 7,493.87.

The market value of BIST 100 was around 6.33 trillion Turkish liras ($234.87 billion) by market close.

The daily trading volume was 125.88 billion Turkish liras ($4.6 billion).

Some 60 stocks gained value, while 40 lost.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,968.55, while Brent crude oil sold for $85.20 per barrel as of 5.55 p.m. local time (1455GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 26.9980, the euro/lira exchange rate was 29.7410, and the British pound traded at 34.4650 Turkish liras.