The stock market ended the day with a decline

While the BIST 100 index decreased by 251.32 points compared to the previous closing, the total transaction volume was 113.5 billion lira.

The banking index lost 0.16 percent and the holding index lost 1.46 percent.

Among the sector indices, the only gainer was insurance with 1.90 percent, and the biggest loser was financial leasing factoring with 6.80 percent.

While global markets remain negative due to the tension in the Middle East increasing oil prices, the increase in bond interest rates and concerns about France's public finances, the focus of investors is on the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting to be announced this evening.

BIST 100 index in Borsa Istanbul also completed the day with a sell-off trend due to the widespread sales in parallel with the global markets.

Analysts stated that weekly money and bank statistics in the country and foreign trade balance in Japan and Germany, weekly unemployment benefit applications and wholesale stocks data in the USA will be followed tomorrow, and noted that technically, 12,000 and 11,900 points in the BIST 100 index are in a support position, while 12,300 and 12,400 points are in a resistance position.