UPDATE – Turkey's Borsa Istanbul stocks down at close

UPDATE WITH MODE DAILY FIGURES</p> <p>By Tuba Sahin </p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index fell by 0.76 percent to close at 90,829.57 points on Tuesday. </p> <p>Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 90,980.02 points and lost 697.32 points from Monday's close of 91,526.90 points.</p> <p>The BIST 100 peaked at 91,206.48 points, while its daily low was 90,469.86 points.</p> <p>With a trade volume of 1.5 billion Turkish liras ($360 million), the BIST 100's total market value was around 587 billion liras ($111 billion) at close.</p> <p>By market capitalization, leading listed companies were Turkish conglomerate Koc Holding ($6.8 billion), private lender Garanti Bank ($6.34 billion), and energy firm Tupras ($5.4 billion). </p> <p>National flag carrier Turkish Airlines, private lender Garanti, and state lender Halkbank posted the highest trade volumes on Tuesday.</p> <p>Compared to Tuesday's close, 21 stocks on the BIST 100 rose, 71 declined, and eight were flat.</p> <p>Shares of Turkish conglomerate Ittifak Holding (ITTFH) were the top gainers on Tuesday — up 3.48 percent — while stocks of leasing company Is Finansal Kiralama (ISFIN) did the worst, losing 9.92 percent.</p> <p>The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was almost flat at 5.2920 by market close, compared to Monday's close of 5.2950. </p> <p>The euro/lira rate dropped at close; 6.0460 versus 6.0520 at the previous close. </p> <p>One British pound traded for 6.7250 Turkish liras, while the GBP/TRY rate was 6.7290 at close on Monday. </p> <p>In Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, the price of one ounce of gold was around $1,268.00 by market close, up from $1,250.25 a day ago. </p> <p>The price of Brent crude oil dropped to $50.73 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Tuesday, versus $54.10 at previous close.