Turkish stock exchange down 0.3% at close

Benchmark BIST 100 index drops 27 points at Thursday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index closed Thursday at 8,883.52 points, down by 0.3% from the previous close.

The BIST 100 index, which started the day at 8,941.46 points, lost 26.7 points from the midweek's close.

The lowest value of the index for the day was 8,848.61, while its daily high was 8,972.52.

Some 51 indices increased in value, while 44 declined as of the end of the day.

The total transaction volume reached 79 billion Turkish liras ($2.47 billion), while the overall value of the index was 7.56 trillion liras ($256.15 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 32.1200 as of 6.35 p.m. (1535GMT), while the EUR/TRY rate stood at 35.0925 and the GBP/TRY traded at 40.9020.

An ounce of gold was at $2,156.19, while a barrel price of Brent oil was around $85.40.

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