By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Monday at 97,101.30 points with a drop of 0.05%.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 95,648.94 points. As of closing, it lost 47.74 points from the last week's close of 97,149.04 points.
The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,529.00 by market close, up from $1,501.70 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $58.50 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Monday.
| Exchange Rates | Friday | Monday |
| USD/TRY | 5.7670 | 5.7960 |
| EUR/TRY | 6.3860 | 6.4450 |
| GBP/TRY | 7.0660 | 7.0930 |