Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul up at Thursday close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkiye’s benchmark stock index closed Thursday at 2,133.59 points, up 2.14% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 2,103.99 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index rose 44.79 points from Wednesday’s close of 2,088.80 points.

The index’s lowest value during the day was 2,103.99 points, while its daily high was 2,136.26.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was almost 1.65 trillion Turkish liras ($113 billion) by the day’s close, with a daily trading volume of 33.2 billion Turkish liras ($2.25 billion).

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,943.05 by market close, up from 1,919.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $102.11 per barrel – a 7.45% gain – as of 6.23 p.m. local time (1523GMT).