Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul down by over 6% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 3,426.88 points, down 6.09% from Monday's close.

Starting the day at 3,709.05 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 222.33 points from the previous close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 3,426.88, while its daily high was 3,715.28.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 2.77 trillion Turkish liras ($152.33 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 138 billion Turkish liras ($7.56 billion).

During the day, 10 stocks on the index rose, 89 fell, and one was unchanged compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,716.40, while Brent crude oil sold at around $92.41 per barrel as of 18.00 p.m. local time (1500GMT).