Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Wednesday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,453.30 points on Wednesday, down 0.86% from the previous close.

Starting the midweek at 1,465.28 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 12.59 points from the previous close of 1,465.89 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,795.90 by market close, down from $1,807 at Wednesday's close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $70.70 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).