Turkish stock down at Friday's close

ISTANBUL

The Turkish benchmark stock index closed Friday at 9,602.16 points, down 2.09% from its previous close.

The BIST 100 index, starting the day at 9,923.44, fell by 205.34 points from the close on Thursday.

The lowest point for the index during the day was 9,474.03, while the daily high was 9,829.89.

As many as 93 indexes lost in value, while seven closed the day with gains.

The total transaction volume reached 108 billion Turkish liras ($2.96 billion), while the overall value of the index was 8.45 trillion liras ($233.2 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 36.4550 as of 6.55 pm local time (1555GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 38.1510, and the GBP/TRY traded at 46.0790.

The price of gold was $2,931.40 per ounce, while the barrel price of Brent oil was $74.7.