Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up 0.83% at close

BIST 100 gains over 800 points compared to Wednesday's close, while Turkish lira rises against foreign currencies

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index surged by 0.83% to close Thursday at 99,406.44 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 99,428.00 points. As of daily close, it gained 821.15 points from Wednesday's close of 98,585.29 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,418.40 by market close, up from $1,407.60 at the previous close, according to Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets data.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $66.95 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Thursday.

Exchange Rates	Wednesday	Thursday
USD/TRY	5.7210	5.6670
EUR/TRY	6.4350	6.3930
GBP/TRY	7.1570	7.1270

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