Turkish Stocks Down At Close

Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Monday down 0.17 percent at 89,744.01 points with a total trading volume of around 7.5 billion Turkish liras ($1.5 billion).



Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index ended the day with a 153.65-point decrease from Friday's close at 89,897.67 points, while it started the week at 90,683.46 points.



On Monday, the USD/TRY exchange rate was 4.8390 as of 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT), slightly up from last week's close at 4.8330.



The euro/lira exchange rate stood at 5.6720 by market close, versus 5.6310 at Friday's close, and one British pound traded for 6.4290 Turkish liras, while the GBP/TRY rate was 6.3710 at the previous close.



As of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT), the price of Brent oil stood at $72.60 per barrel -- hovering between $72.75 and $75.37 during the day. -