By Tuba Sahin
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index was up 0.83% to close Friday at an all-time high of 1,323.95 points.
Starting the day at 1,315.69 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index earned 10.93 points over Thursday’s close of 1,313.02 points.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,868.40 by market close, up from $1,862.70 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $44.3 per barrel as of 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT) on Friday.
Exchange Rates | Thursday | Friday |
USD/TRY | 7.5970 | 7.6350 |
EUR/TRY | 8.9800 | 9.6080 |
EUR/TRY | 10.0750 | 10.2010 |