By Mucahithan Avcioglu
ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye’s benchmark stock index BIST 100 closed Wednesday at 9,078.43 points, down 1.59% or 146.41 points from the previous close.
The index opened the day at 9,225.29, inching up 0.45 points from Tuesday’s close.
During the session, the index ranged between a low of 9,058.16 and a high of 9,225.29.
Out of all tracked indices, 80 declined, while 20 posted gains.
The daily transaction volume totaled 93.6 billion Turkish liras (approximately $2.43 billion), with the total market capitalization of the BIST 100 reaching 8.3 trillion liras ($216.3 billion).
The USD/TRY exchange rate was 38.4860 as of 6.40 pm local time (1540GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 43.7910, and the British pound traded at 51.3395.
The price of an ounce of gold was $3,307.80, while the barrel price of Brent oil was $62.60.