Turkish stocks end day with gains after holiday

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday up 1.87% to close at 104,935.82 points, following a break for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.

After starting the first business day of the week at 104,710.62 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index surged 1,911.48 points from 103,024.34 points at Friday's close.

One ounce of gold sold for $1,707.00 at the daily close in Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, versus $1,735.00 at last week's close.

The price of Brent oil was $34.49 per barrel as of 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT) on Wednesday -- with a day range of $34.27 to $36.17.

At the beginning of 2020, a barrel of Brent oil sold for around $58.