Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up over 1% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index rose by 1.10% to close Thursday at 84,596.16 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 83,535.32 points and gained 920.83 points from Wednesday's close of 83,675.33 points.

In Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, the price of one ounce of gold was around $1,278.50 by market close, up from $1,278.00 the previous day.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $67.90 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Thursday.