Turkish stock exchange ends 3-day winning streak on Thursday

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed at 4,507.24 points on Thursday, ending its four-session winning streak.

After starting the day at 4,686.54 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 161.28 points, or 3.45%, from Wednesday's all-time high daily close of 4,668.52 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 3.7 trillion Turkish liras ($196.4 billion) by close, with a daily trading volume of 111 billion Turkish liras ($5.97 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was around $1,761, while Brent crude oil sold at around $91.57 per barrel as of 18.00 p.m. local time (1500GMT).