Turkey's BIST 100 reaches new closing high

The BIST 100 index rose by 68.23 points from Thursday’s close, concluding the week with a 3.64% gain.

As of market close, Borsa Istanbul's total market value stood at approximately 8.8 trillion Turkish Lira ($272.5 billion), with daily trading volume reaching 69 billion Lira ($2.14 billion). 

Gold prices were listed at $2,301.65 per ounce, while Brent crude oil was trading at about $83.48 per barrel as of 6:06 p.m. local time (1506 GMT).

The exchange rates saw the US dollar trading at 32.3424 Turkish Lira, the euro at 34.8614, and the British pound at 40.5966 Turkish Lira.