Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul down at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkiye's benchmark stock index ended Monday at 1,946.19 points, down 0.32% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,918.31 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 6.2 points from Friday's close at 1,952.40 points.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,907.30 by market close, down from $1,928.15 at the previous close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $97.9 per barrel as of 6.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT).