Turkish stock exchange flat at Thursday close

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed at 4,858.21 points on Thursday, slightly up by 0.08%.

After starting the day at 4,880.46 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 4.05 points from Wednesday's close.

The index also saw an intraday record of 4,939.73 points, while its lowest value was 4,794.21 during the day.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 3.9 trillion Turkish liras ($111.2 billion) by close, with a daily trading volume of 133 billion Turkish liras ($7.12 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was around $1,756.90, while Brent crude oil sold at around $84.76 per barrel as of 18.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT).