Türkiye's BIST 100 index ends week in green

By Tuba Ongun

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended the last transaction day of the year at 7,470.18 points on Friday, up by 1% from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 gained 73.84 points from Thursday's close but dropped 1.16% on a weekly basis.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 6.3 trillion Turkish liras ($214 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 72 billion Turkish liras ($2.45 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,073.15, while Brent crude oil sold for around $77.57 per barrel as of 6.08 p.m. local time (1608GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 29.5648, the euro/lira exchange rate was 32.7535, while the British pound traded at 37.6755 Turkish liras.