Turkish stocks end day with losses

Turkish stocks end day with losses

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index falls 0.18 percent or 210.04 points at Friday's close

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended the week down 0.18 percent to close at 114,737.54 points on Friday.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 210.04 points from Thursday's close of 114,947.58 points. The BIST 100 recorded a total trade volume of around 6.6 billion Turkish liras ($1.6 billion) on the last trading day of the week.

The USD/TRY exchange rate was flat at 4.0340 as of 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT) Friday, versus its previous close of 4.0360. On a weekly basis, the U.S. dollar/Turkish lira rate climbed nearly two percent, compared with 3.9580 on Friday, March 30.

The euro/lira exchange rate stood at 4.9480 by market close compared with 4.9470 at Thursday's close, and one British pound traded for 5.6920 Turkish liras while the GBP/TRY rate was 5.6620 at the previous close.

The BIST Gold Exchange index was flat with a 0.08 percent down. In the Precious Metals and Diamond Markets of Borsa İstanbul, one ounce of gold traded for $1,324.00 as of 4:30 p.m. local time (1330GMT) Friday, while it was $1,325.10 at the previous close.

As of 6:05 p.m. local time (1505GMT), the price of Brent oil stood at $67.40 per barrel, hovering between $67.31 and $68.62 during the day.

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