Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index dropped by 0.84% to close Wednesday at 99,363.32 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 100,452.79 points, while it lost 837.65 points from Tuesday's close of 100,200.97 points.

On Tuesday, the index also topped the 100,000-point mark for the first time since March 26.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,418.50 by market close, up from $1,391.80 Tuesday's close, according to Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets data.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $62.90 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Tuesday.