Turkey's Borsa Istanbul closes Wednesday with records

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index ended with gains on Wednesday to hit another record closing of 1,857.40 points, while it hit a new intraday all-time high of 1,857.83 points during the session.

Starting the day at 1,828.33 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 47.75 points, or 2.64%, from the previous close of 1,809.65 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,783.20 by market close, down from $1,792.60 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was down 3.1% to $71.37 per barrel as of 6.31 p.m. local time (1531GMT).