Turkish stock exchange down at Tuesday's close

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 5,381.90 points, down 0.19% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 5,438.61 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 10.41 points from Monday's close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 5,377.36, while its daily high was 5,497.81.

The total market value of BIST 100 was around 4.38 trillion Turkish liras ($232 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 94 billion liras ($4.97 billion).

During the day, 58 stocks on the index rose, 41 fell, and one was flat compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,825.60, while Brent crude oil sold at around $85.03 per barrel as of 6.44 p.m. local time (1544GMT).