Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul closes Tuesday at record-high level

By Aysu Biçer

ANKARA (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at a record-high of 3,391.38 points, up 0.98% or 33.01 points from last week's close.

The index's lowest value during the day was 3,247.88, while its daily high was 3,367.31.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 2.7 trillion Turkish liras ($149 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 122.9 billion Turkish liras ($6.7 billion).

During the day, 43 stocks on the index rose, 57 fell, and the rest remained unchanged compared to the previous close.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,710.00, while Brent crude oil was sold at around $93.59 per barrel as of 18.26 p.m. local time (1526GMT).