Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul up 3.76% at close

By Gökhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Monday at 5,193.30 points with an increase of 3.76%.

Starting day at 5,057.53 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 188 points from the last week's close of 5,005.30.

The index's lowest value during the day was 5,057.53, while its daily high was 5,222.55 .

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 4.17 trillion Turkish liras ($224.14 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 134 billion Turkish liras ($7.19 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 $1,796.15, while Brent crude oil sold at around $78.49 per barrel as of 7.49 p.m. local time (1449GMT).