Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul down 0.13% at Thursday's close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,411.75 points on Thursday, down 0.13% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,412.17 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 1.79 points from Wednesday's close of 1,413.54 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,797.15 by market close, up from $1,766.25 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was up 0.5% to $83.62 per barrel as of 6:51 p.m. local time (1551GMT).