Turkish stock exchange ends Tuesday in positive territory

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 11,023.55 points, up 0.56% from the previous close.

After starting the day at 10,921.12, the BIST 100 index rose 61.88 points from Monday’s close.

The day’s low was 10,843.03, while the high was 11,142.10.

A total of 74 indices rose in value, while 26 closed in the red.

Transaction volume reached 117 billion Turkish liras ($2.34 billion), while the total market value of the index stood at 10.87 trillion liras ($217.9 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 49.9975 as of 6.20 pm local time (1520GMT), while the EUR/TRY rate stood at 55.9235 and the GBP/TRY at 67.1115.

Gold was priced at $3,928.60 per ounce, while Brent crude futures stood at $104.