Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul ends week with gains

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye’s benchmark stock index Borsa Istanbul ended the week with gains, rising 0.50% to 2,144.26 points at Friday’s close.

Starting the day at 2,141.09 points, the BIST 100 index was up by 10.67 points from Thursday’s close of 2,133.59 points.

The benchmark index posted a rise of 4.40% this week.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,938.00 by market close, down from $1,943.05 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $106.58 per barrel as of 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT), slipping 0.06% from the previous close.