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Turkish stock market hits record high

Turkey is experiencing major economic problems, but the Istanbul stock exchange continues to rise.
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Turkey’s stock exchange reached an all-time high today. 

Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index rose to 2,533 points at around 2:50 p.m. Istanbul time, according to Yahoo! Finance. It was the highest level since data first became available in 1988, per data from Investing.com. The index later fell slightly to close at 2,519.24 points.

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