Turkish stocks touch fresh peak at Monday's close

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index surges 2.35% at close

By Tuba Ongun

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index surged 2.35% to close Monday at a record high of 6,600.46 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 162.72 points from last week's close.

The total market value of BIST 100 was around 5.6 trillion Turkish liras ($214.8 billion) by close, with a daily trading volume of 122 billion Turkish liras ($4.66 billion).

The index's lowest value was 6,476.61, while its daily high was 6,603.98, an intraday record.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,955.85, while Brent crude oil sold for around $79.16 per barrel as of 6.24 p.m. local time (1524GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 26.3438, the euro/lira exchange rate was 29.5943, and a British pound traded at 34.4519 Turkish liras.

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