Türkiye's stock exchange rallies to record high close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index went up 0.30% to an all-time high close of 3,146.10 points on Friday.

After starting the day at 3,154.93 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 9.33 points from Thursday's close of 3,136.77 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 2.5 trillion Turkish liras ($137 billion) by close, with a daily trading volume of 91.8 billion liras ($5 billion).

One ounce of gold traded at $1,740.00 by market close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was at $100.37 per barrel as of 6.36 p.m. local time (1536GMT).