Turkey's Borsa Istanbul flat at weekly close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index went down 0.02% to 118,786.09 points at the closing session of Friday.

After starting the last transaction day of the week at 118,864.60 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 21.45 points from Thursday's close of 118,807.53 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,802.80 by market close, down from $1,805.30 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $43 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Friday.