Türkiye's BIST 100 index up at midweek close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday at 11,340.10 points, up by 0.44% from the previous close.

Starting the third transaction day of the week at 11,317.01 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 49.74 points from the previous close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 11,313.77, while its daily high was 11,386.06.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 10.7 trillion Turkish liras ($249.7 billion), with a daily trading volume of 141 billion Turkish liras ($3.28 billion).

During the day, 57 stocks on the index rose and 39 fell compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $4,460.91, while Brent crude oil sold for around $61.70 per barrel as of 6.40 pm local time (1540GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 42.8470 and the euro/lira exchange rate was 50.6300, while the British pound traded at 58.0440 liras.