Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down 0.42% at Thursday's close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,418.03 points on Thursday, down 0.42% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,428.66 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 5.94 points from Wednesday's close of 1,423.97 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,779.50 by market close, down from $1,790.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $75.04 per barrel with a 0.56% loss as of 6.38 p.m. local time (1538GMT).