Türkiye's BIST 100 index ends week with decline

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Friday at 8,113.30 points, down by 1.77% from the previous close.

Starting the last transaction day of the week at 8,242.29 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 145.97 points from Thursday's close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 8,071.51, while its daily high was 8,242.29.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 6.98 trillion Turkish liras ($251.8 billion), with a daily trading volume of 105.8 billion liras ($3.8 billion).

During the day, 13 stocks on the index rose and 85 fell compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,931.95, while Brent crude oil sold for around $89.05 per barrel as of 6.05 p.m. local time (1505GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 27.8100 and the euro/lira exchange rate was 29.2210, while a British pound traded for 33.7470 liras.