By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,442.56 points on Tuesday, down by 0.8% from the previous close.
Starting the day at 1,451.06 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 11.69 points from the previous close of 1,454.25 points.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,862.80 by market close, up from $1,859.05 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $73.70 per barrel as of 6:20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).
| Exchange Rates | Monday | Tuesday |
| USD/TRY | 8.3980 | 8.5530 |
| EUR/TRY | 10.1830 | 10.3660 |
| GBP/TRY | 11.8120 | 12.0820 |