Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down 0.45% at Tuesday close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,385.61 points on Tuesday, down 0.45% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,400.84 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 6.30 points from Monday’s close of 1,391.91 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,769.90 by market close, up from $1,760.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was up 0.26% to $74.11 per barrel as of 6:33 p.m. local time (1533GMT).