By Muhammed Ali Gurtas
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index hit all-time high to climb to 112,073.51 points during the morning session on Wednesday.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started day up 0.34 percent to open at 110,512.91. On Tuesday, the index closed at 110,142.60 points with a 7.2 billion Turkish lira ($1.89 billion) trade volume.
Last week, between Oct. 20 and Oct. 27, the BIST 100 recorded a 0.55 percent weekly fall while its monthly performance was 7.03 percent rise in October.
Since the beginning of this year, the BIST 100 has risen 41.65 percent, up from close of 77,754.46 points on Jan. 2 — the first trading day of 2017.
