Economy
Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close
BIST 100 loses more than 1,200 points versus previous close
Gokhan Ergocun |
03.12.2019 - Update : 03.12.2019
ISTANBUL
Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the day at 106,789.87 points on Tuesday, down 1.12% from the previous close.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 107,873.01 points. As of the daily close, it lost 1,214.43 points from Monday's close of 108,004.30 points.
The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,470.00 by market close, up from $1,458.90 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $60.50 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Tuesday.
| Exchange Rates | Monday | Tuesday |
| USD/TRY | 5.7530 | 5.7340 |
| EUR/TRY | 6.3510 | 6.3510 |
| GBP/TRY | 7.4470 | 7.4710 |
