Türkiye’s benchmark BIST 100 index closed Friday at 10,971.52 points, up 1.24% from the previous session.
The index opened the day at 10,854.85 points, gaining 132.22 points during trading. Its intraday low was 10,816.89, while the high reached 10,994.41.
The total market value of BIST 100 stood at around 10.2 trillion Turkish liras ($244.3 billion), with a daily trading volume of 148 billion liras ($3.54 billion).
Among the 99 stocks on the index, 80 advanced while 19 declined.
At 19:05 local time (16:05 GMT), gold traded at $4,004.50 per ounce and Brent crude oil at $64.2 per barrel.
Currency rates were USD/TRY 42.0495, EUR/TRY 48.5485, and GBP/TRY 55.2810.
An unidentified man was taken into custody on Tuesday (17 February) after running towards the U.S. Capitol carrying a loaded shotgun and wearing tacti...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that clearing the vast of rubble in Gaza could take up to seven years at the current pace, ...
Peru’s Congress has voted to censure and remove José Enrique Jeri Ore from his posts as President of Congress and acting President of the Republic,...
French supporters celebrated outside the biathlon stadium in Anterselva on Tuesday (17 February) after France claimed Olympic gold in the men’s rela...
More than 80 countries and organisations, including the UN Arab Group representing 22 Arab states and members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperati...
An unidentified man was taken into custody on Tuesday (17 February) after running towards the U.S. Capitol carrying a loaded shotgun and wearing tactical gear, according to Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan.
Peru’s Congress has voted to censure and remove José Enrique Jeri Ore from his posts as President of Congress and acting President of the Republic, just four months into his tenure, citing undisclosed meetings with Chinese businessmen and alleged hiring irregularities.
French supporters celebrated outside the biathlon stadium in Anterselva on Tuesday (17 February) after France claimed Olympic gold in the men’s relay, describing the race as thrilling and the atmosphere electric.
More than 80 countries and organisations, including the UN Arab Group representing 22 Arab states and members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), have strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to launch a unilateral “land registration process” in the occupied West Bank.
Cuba’s fuel crisis has turned into a waste crisis, with rubbish piling up on most street corners in Havana as many collection trucks lack enough petrol to operate.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy held military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (16 February), state-linked media reported. The drill took place a day before renewed nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington in Geneva.
The 2026 Munich Security Conference (MSC) unfolded over three intense days in Munich, confronting a defining question of our era: has the post-Second World War international order collapsed - and if so, what will replace it?
Britain and Germany’s highest ranking military chiefs have made an unprecedented joint appeal to the public to accept the “moral” case for rearmament and prepare for the threat of war with Russia.
Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced on 16 February that the Honourable Janice Charette has been appointed as the next Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States. She's been tasked with overseeing the upcoming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that clearing the vast of rubble in Gaza could take up to seven years at the current pace, as the overwhelming majority of residents continue to live in what it describes as extremely dangerous conditions.
More than 80 countries and organisations, including the UN Arab Group representing 22 Arab states and members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), have strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to launch a unilateral “land registration process” in the occupied West Bank.
Kyrgyzstan faces a critical political turning point as elite splits and public protests highlight deep divisions in Bishkek. Analysts warn that President Japarov’s dismissal of a top ally could shift the balance of power and threaten Kyrgyzstan’s political stability.
Tehran’s right to develop and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is “inherent, inalienable, and non‑negotiable,” Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, told the high-level segment of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday (17 February).
Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, is moving to criminalise what it calls “extremism against the constitutional order”, introducing a new article to the Criminal Code that could lead to prison sentences of up to three years.
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