Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up 1.65% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the day at 107,266.19 points on Monday, up 1.65% from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 106,481.02 points. As of the daily close, it earned 1,745.71 points from Friday's close of 105,520.47 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,735.50 by market close, up from $1,733.15 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $37.40 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Monday.