Turkish stocks end Monday on low note

ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index ended Monday at 4,975.47 points, down 3.13% from the previous close.

Starting the week at 5,119.58 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 160.97 points compared to the last week's close.

The index's lowest value during day was 4,971.10, while its daily high was 5,137.07.

The total market value of BIST 100 was around 4 trillion Turkish liras ($213 billion) by market close on Monday, with a daily trading volume of 70 billion Turkish liras ($3.67 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,975.60, while Brent crude oil sold around $72.77 per barrel as of 6.48 p.m. local time (1548GMT).