Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul falls over 5% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Monday at 3,199.54 points, decreasing 5.26% from Friday's close.

Starting the week at 3,378.87 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 177.79 points from the previous close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 3,199.54, while its daily high was 3,393.66.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 2.57 trillion Turkish liras ($140.9 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 53.8 billion Turkish liras ($2.94 billion).

During the day, nine stocks on the index rose, 89 fell and two were unchanged compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,680.60, while Brent crude oil sold at around $91.21 per barrel as of 6.41 p.m. local time (1541GMT).