Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul up 1.8% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkiye's benchmark stock index ended Tuesday at 2,038.16 points, up 1.81% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 2,008.29 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 36.22 points from Monday's close of 2,001.94 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,854.50 by market close, up from $1,845 at the previous close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $92.35 per barrel as of 6.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT).