Türkiye's BIST 100 index closes Wednesday on high note

ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday at 8,496.66 points, the highest since Oct. 3, 2023.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 gained 22.36 points, or 0.26% from Tuesday's close of 8,474.30.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 7.2 trillion liras ($238.1 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 99 billion liras ($3.27 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,073.75 while Brent crude oil sold for around $81.18 per barrel as of 6.16 p.m. local time (1516GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 30.3475, the euro/lira exchange rate was at 33.0478, and the British pound traded at 38.6727 liras.