Türkiye's BIST 100 index down at Tuesday close

ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 8,093.54 points, down 0.17% from the previous close.

After starting the day at 8,115.99 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 13.65 points from Monday's close.

The lowest value of the index during the day was 8,046.08, while its daily high was 8,149.44.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 6.89 trillion liras ($238.6 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 93 billion liras ($3.21 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,026.15, while Brent crude oil sold for around $80.65 per barrel as of 6.26 p.m. local time (1526GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 28.9186, the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 31.7462, while the British pound traded at 36.6111 liras.