Türkiye's BIST 100 index up 3.04% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 8,442.79 points, soaring by 3.04% from the previous close.

Starting the second transaction day of the week at 8,410.25 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 249.35 points from the previous close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 8,304.81, while its high was 8,450.83.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 7.25 trillion Turkish liras ($262 billion), with a daily trading volume of 129.1 billion Turkish liras ($4.64 billion).

During the day, 96 stocks on the index rose and four fell compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,871.05, while Brent crude oil sold for around $87.3 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 27.7260, the euro/lira exchange rate was 29.4320, and the British pound traded at 34.0010 Turkish liras.