UPDATE - Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close

UPDATE - Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close

BIST 100 falls nearly 1,900 points compared to Monday's close

UPDATE WITH MODE DAILY FIGURES

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index dropped 1.91% to close Tuesday at 96,811.22 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 98,724.81 points, while it dropped 1,884.22 points from Monday's close of 98,695.44 points.

The benchmark index hovered between 96,783.93 and 99,115.10 points during Tuesday's trading.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 644.7 billion Turkish liras ($112.6 billion) by market close, and the daily trading volume was 7.8 billion Turkish liras ($1.36 billion).

On the second transaction day of the week, nine stocks on the index rose, 88 were down, and three were flat compared to the previous close.

The top-listed companies by market value were Turkish conglomerate Koc Holding and private lenders Garanti and Akbank.

The highest trading volumes were posted by Garanti, national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, and Akbank.

Stocks of frozen foods producer Kerevitas were the top performer -- up 4.28% -- as major appliances producer Vestel saw the biggest drop, falling 8.37%.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,391.00 by market close, down from $1,404.95 at the previous close, according to Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets data.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $64.15 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Tuesday.

Exchange RatesMondayTuesday
USD/TRY5.72405.7100
EUR/TRY6.42306.4050
GBP/TRY7.17907.1290


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