The key facts
- BIST 100 closed at 11,577.12 points, down 1.87% (minus 220.58 points).
- 95 stocks in the index declined, 3 rose; trading volume was 85.9 billion liras.
- An ounce of gold was $4,136.35, Brent was around $108.80, and the dollar was 49.6025 liras.
Trading results in Istanbul
Turkey's benchmark stock index BIST 100 finished trading on Wednesday at 11,577.12 points, down 1.87% from the previous close. The index began the third trading day of the week at 11,733.26 points and lost 220.58 points from Tuesday's close. During the day, the minimum was 11,565.56 and the maximum was 11,780.89 points.
Volumes and market structure
The total market value of BIST 100 companies was about 11.35 trillion liras (approximately $229.45 billion), and the daily trading volume was 85.9 billion liras (about $1.73 billion). At the end of the day, 95 stocks in the index fell in price and only three rose compared to the previous close.
Commodities and currencies
As of 18:40 local time (15:40 GMT), an ounce of gold was priced at $4,136.35, and Brent oil futures traded around $108.80 per barrel. The US dollar exchange rate against the Turkish lira was 49.6025, the euro was 55.7085, and the British pound was 66.4745 liras.
