ISTANBUL

The Turkish benchmark stock index closed the midweek at 8,806.72 points, slightly down 0.01% from the previous close.

The BIST 100 index started the day at 8,834.01 points and lost 0.66 points from Tuesday's close.

The lowest value of the index for the day was 8,749.00, while its daily high was 8,906.38.

Some 45 indexes rose in value, while 51 were down.

The total transaction volume reached 85 billion Turkish liras ($2.63 billion), while the overall value of the index was 7.5 trillion liras ($233.8 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 32.2705 as of 6.05 pm local time (1505GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 34.9060, and the GBP/TRY traded at 40.7070.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,193.50, while the barrel price of Brent oil was around $85.90.