Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the day on Thursday at 1,556.49 points, down 0.54% day-on-day.

After starting the day at 1,574.58 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 8.45 points from Wednesday's close of 1,564.94 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,739.35 by market close, up from $1,712.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $69 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Thursday.