Türkiye’s benchmark BIST 100 index ended Thursday up 0.94%, closing at 11,073.27 points. Opening the day at 11,029.29, the index gained 102.9 points compared with the previous close.
During the session, the lowest level of the index was 10,969.39, while the highest reached 11,108.07 points. The total market capitalisation stood at 10.3 trillion Turkish lira (around $245.3 billion), with a daily trading volume of 154 billion lira (approximately $3.65 billion).
In total, 53 stocks advanced, while 43 declined on the index.
On the commodities front, gold traded at $3,985.40 per ounce, and Brent crude oil was priced at $63.10 per barrel as of 7:10 p.m. local time (1610 GMT).
In the currency market, the U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 42.11, the euro/lira at 48.68, and the British pound traded at 55.31 lira.
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