By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index rose 0.83% to close on Monday at 1,442.06 points.
After starting the week at 1,428.99 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 11.87 points from last week's close of 1,430.19 points.
One ounce of gold sold for $1,710.00 by market close, down from $1,732.50 at Friday's close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $62.76 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT).
| Exchange Rates | Friday | Monday |
| USD/TRY | 8.1460 | 8.1200 |
| EUR/TRY | 9.5720 | 9.5920 |
| GBP/TRY | 11.2870 | 11.3170 |