Turkish stock exchange closes week at record-high level

ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Friday at an all-time high of 4,216.98 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 2.72%, or 111.52 points from Thursday's close of 4,105.46 points.

The market value of the BIST 100 was around 3.3 trillion Turkish liras ($181 billion) at the close, with a trading volume of 92.9 billion liras ($5 billion).

The price of Brent crude oil was around $97.19 per barrel at 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT), while an ounce of gold was $1,630.80.