Turkish stocks ends week down

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended the week with a 1.21-percent down to close at 103,266.58 points on Friday.

Starting the day at 104,689.85 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 1,263.35 points from the previous close.

One ounce of gold was sold for $1,309 at the daily close in Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, down from $1,324 at the previous close.

With a day range of $65.17 to $67.13, the price of Brent oil was around $65.30 per barrel as of 6.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT) on Friday.

At the beginning of 2019, the price of Brent oil was around $53 per barrel.