Borsa Istanbul index reaches 4-year high

Baku. 21 April. REPORT.AZ/ The Borsa Istanbul stock market index up by 1 235 points or 1,36% yesterday and reached 92 039 points which is the 4-year high.

Report informs citing the Hürriyet, Borsa Istanbul for the last time was at this level on May 22, 2013.

The main reason for increase was the rise in shares of banking sector.

In particular, bank's shares up by 4% on April 24 before the court of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla. Along with “Halkbank", shares price of "Akbank" and "Garanti Bank” increased by 1.5%. 

Yesterday, on April 20, US-dollar rate fell by about 1% and made 3.63 TRY/USD.