Turkey's BIST 100 index closes week on a high note

Opening at 7,902.36 points, the Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 rose by 61.36 points from Thursday's close, marking a 1.36% weekly gain as of Friday.

Throughout the day, the index fluctuated between a low of 7,851.34 and a peak of 7,996.08.

By the close of the market, the BIST 100's total market value reached approximately 6.8 trillion liras ($235.1 billion), accompanied by a daily trading volume of 79 billion liras ($2.74 billion).

In commodities, gold traded at $1,999.05 per ounce, while Brent crude oil was priced around $81.91 per barrel as of 7:18 p.m. local time.

Regarding foreign exchange, the US dollar to Turkish lira rate stood at 28.8758, the euro to lira at 31.5841, and the British pound was trading at 35.4150 liras.