UPDATE - Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down 0.96% at week's close

UPDATES WITH MORE DAILY FIGURES

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,438.72 points on Friday, down 0.96% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,455.46 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 13.95 points from Thursday's close of 1,452.67 points.

The index's lowest value during the day was 1,437.62 points, while its daily high was 1,457.10 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was almost 1.09 trillion Turkish liras ($128.6 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of around 10.9 billion Turkish liras ($1.3 billion).

A total of 22 stocks on the index rose, 75 fell, and three remained unchanged compared to Thursday's close.

The highest trading volumes were posted by private lender Garanti BBVA, national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, and another private lender Yapi Kredi.

Stocks of automotive company Dogus Otomotiv were the best performers on the day, rising 4.41%. The biggest drop of 4.56% was in stocks of EIS Eczacibasi Ilac (ECILC), a pharmaceutical company operating under major conglomerate Eczacibasi Group.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,795 by market close, down from $1,797.30 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $72.80 per barrel with a 1.9% gain as of 6:37 p.m. local time (1537GMT).