Turkey's Borsa Istanbul closes Thursday with new records

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index ended with gains on Thursday to hit another record closing of 1,880.06 points, while it hit a new intraday all-time high of 1,882.61 points during the session.

Starting the day at 1,865.04 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 22.66 points, or 1.22%, from the previous close of 1,857.40 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,775.20 by market close, down from $1,783.20 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was down 0.77% to $68.34 per barrel as of 6.31 p.m. local time (1531GMT).