Türkiye's BIST 100 index closes Tuesday on low note

By Tuba Ongun

ANKARA (AA) — Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 9,548.09 points, falling 1.36% from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 lost 131.71 points from 9,679.80 points at Monday close.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 8.2 trillion liras ($252.3 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 101 billion liras ($3.13 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,401.85, while Brent crude oil sold for around $90.15 per barrel as of 6.14 p.m. local time (1514GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 32.4905, the euro/lira exchange rate was at 34.5925, and a British pound traded at 40.4218 liras.