Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul up at midweek's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed Wednesday at 2,531.11 points, up 0.88%.

Starting the day at 2,514.14 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 22.2 points from the previous close of 2,508.91 points.

The index's lowest value during the day was 2,501.77 points, while its daily high was 2,533.81 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 2.07 trillion Turkish liras ($120.45 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 35.15 billion Turkish liras ($2.03 billion).

During the day, 70 stocks on the index rose, 28 fell and two were unchanged compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,823.05, while Brent crude oil sold at around $120.85 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).