Turkey’s benchmark stock index ended the week at 1,422.06 points, up 0.50% from the previous close.
After starting Friday at 1,413.12 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index gained seven points from Thursday’s close of 1,415.03 points.
During Friday’s trading, the BIST 100 hovered between 1,401.25 points and 1,417.98 points, with 24 stocks on the index rising, 69 down, and the remaining flat from the previous close.
Ending the week with a market value of around 995 billion Turkish liras ($118 billion), the benchmark index posted a daily trading volume of 15.2 billion liras ($1.8 billion).
One ounce of gold traded for $1,892.00 by market close, down from $1,898.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $69.48 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Friday.
Exchange Rates Thursday Friday
USD/TRY 8.4660 8.5650
EUR/TRY 10.3310 10.4340
GBP/TRY 12.0450 12.1730
Source: Anadolu Agency