Economy

Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at midweek close

BIST 100 loses over 600 points at closing session

Gökhan Ergöçün  | 08.07.2020 - Update : 08.07.2020
Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at midweek close

ISTANBUL 

Turkey's benchmark stock index dropped 0.52% to 118,712.51 points at the closing session of Wednesday.

After starting the midweek at 119,693.80 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 626.34 points from Tuesday's close of 119,338.85 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,801 by market close, up from $1,779.80 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $43.05 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Wednesday.

Exchange Rates TuesdayWednesday
USD/TRY 6.8660 6.8670
EUR/TRY 7.7200 7.7550
GBP/TRY 8.5850 8.6960


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