Türkiye's BIST 100 closes Tuesday with losses

By Tuba Ongun

ANKARA (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 5,429.05 points, falling 2.86% or 159.93 points from the previous close.

The lowest value of Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index during the day was 5,392.80, while its daily high was 5,595.19.

The total market value of BIST 100 was around 4.5 trillion Turkish liras ($190.7 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 84 billion Turkish liras ($3.54 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,959.05, while Brent crude oil sold for around $74.19 per barrel as of 7.25 p.m. local time (1625GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 23.6875, the euro/lira exchange rate was 25.5333, while the British pound traded at 29.8300 liras.