UPDATE - Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul up at Tuesday's close

UPDATES WITH MORE DAILY FIGURES

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 2,011.35 points, up 0.7% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,987 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 14.02 points from Monday's close of 1,997.33 points.

The index's lowest value during the day was 1,986.03 points, while its daily high was 2,032.07.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was almost 1.6 trillion Turkish liras ($111.8 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 37.4 billion Turkish liras ($2.6 billion).

During the second transaction day of the week, 56 stocks on the index rose, 40 fell, and four remained unchanged compared to Monday's close.

The highest trading volumes were posted by iron and steel producer, national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, and defense company Aselsan.

Koza mining was the best performer of the day with its shares up 10%, while Turkish Airlines saw the biggest drop, 2.32%.

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,054 by market close, up 2.8% from the previous close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $130.5 per barrel with a 5.9% gain as of 6.55 p.m. local time (1555GMT).