Turkey's Borsa Istanbul closes at all-time high level

ANKARA

Turkey's benchmark stock index ended Thursday at an all-time highest closing level of 1,575.67 points, gaining 1.85% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,562.17 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index increased 28.64 points from Wednesday's close of 1,547.03 points.

The index's lowest value during the day was 1,562.15 points and its daily high was 1,577.36 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was almost 1.24 trillion Turkish liras ($128.3 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 25.6 billion Turkish liras ($2.64 billion).

A total of 81 stocks on the index rose, while 15 fell, and four remained unchanged, compared to Wednesday's close.

The highest trading volumes were posted by national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, and private lenders Garanti BBVA and Is Bankasi.

Shares of investment trust Global Yatirim Holding performed the best, rising 10%, while stocks of power plant CAN2 Termik​​​​​​​ dropped the most, 10%.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,779.40 by market close, up from $1,775.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was down 0.2% to $81.84 per barrel as of 6.43 p.m. local time (1543GMT).