Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul up at Tuesday's close

By Gökhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 5,000.14 points, up 0.85% from the previous close.

Starting the second transaction day at 4,946.62 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 42.37 points from Monday’s close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 4,910.25, while its daily high was 5,032.57.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 4 trillion Turkish liras ($215.3 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 114 billion Turkish liras ($6.09 billion).

During the day, 53 stocks on the index rose and 47 fell compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,784.40, while Brent crude oil sold at around $81.17 per barrel as of 6.33 p.m. local time (1333GMT).