Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up at closing

By Aysu Bicer

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index rose 0.19% to 1,123.25 points at the close on Tuesday.

After starting the day at 1,124.67 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index climbed 2.08 points from Monday's close of 1,121.17 points.

During the day, the index hovered between 1,112.39 and 1,132.27 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 831 billion Turkish liras ($107 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 22.6 billion Turkish liras ($2.9 billion).