Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up 0.1% at Friday close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,419.43 points on Friday, up 0.1% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,424.04 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 1.4 points from Thursday's close of 1,418.03 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,764.70 by market close, down from $1,779.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $74.82 per barrel with a 1.1% loss as of 6.50 p.m. local time (1550GMT).