Türkiye's stock exchange rallies to record high close

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index soared 2.5% to an all-time high close of 3,136.77 points on Thursday.

After starting the day at 3,079.00. points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 76.47 points from Wednesday's close of 3,060.30 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 2.5 trillion Turkish liras ($137 billion) by close, with a daily trading volume of 71.7 billion liras ($4 billion).

One ounce of gold traded at $1,767.40 by market close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was at $100.85 per barrel as of 18.36 p.m. local time (1536GMT).