Borsa Istanbul climbs above 101,500 points at close

BIST 100 earns more than 1,760 points compared to Wednesday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index surged by 1.76% to close Thursday at 101,566.25 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 99,716.67 points. As of closing, it gained 1,760.08 points from Wednesday's close of 99,806.17 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,415.70 by market close, up from $1,406.00 at the previous close, according to Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets data.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $62.25 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Thursday.

Exchange Rates	Wednesday	Thursday
USD/TRY	5.6910	5.6950
EUR/TRY	6.3870	6.4010
GBP/TRY	7.0820	7.1100

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