Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Tuesday close

ANKARA

Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 1,489.56 points, down 0.39%.

After starting the day at 1,489.32 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index fell 5.87 points from Monday’s close of 1,495.43 points.

During the day, the index hovered between 1,474.76 points and 1,506.89 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 1.1 trillion Turkish liras ($150 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 42.4 billion Turkish liras ($5.8 billion).

On Thursday, 33 stocks on the BIST 100 rose, 65 fell, and the remainder were flat compared with the previous close.

The highest trade volumes were recorded by fertilizer producer Gubretas, petrochemical company Petkim, and real estate investment trust Emlak Konut (EKGYO).

Stocks of conglomerate Tekfen Holding saw the highest increase, up 9.98%, while shares of venture capital firm Gozde showed the worst performance, losing 9.99%.

In Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, the price of one ounce of gold was around $1,942.55 by market close, versus $1,932.10 at the previous close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $52.86 per barrel as of 6:10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Tuesday.