Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul down at midweek close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Wednesday at 1,385.91 points, down by 0.44% versus the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,391.48 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 6.09 points over the previous close at 1,392.00 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,768 by market close, down from $1,775 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $67.20 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT) on Wednesday.