Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down 2.2% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the day at 118,341.52 points on Monday, down 2.21% from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 120,459.39 points. As of the daily close, it lost 2,673.62 points from last week's close of 121,015.14 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,572.20 by market close, up from $1,566 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $53.85 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Monday.