Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul flat at close

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Thursday at 1,545.59 points, slightly down 0.10%.

Starting the day at 1,548.69 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 1.52 points over the midweek's close of 1,547.11 points.

One ounce of gold was sold for $1,845.65 by market close, up from $1,840.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $61.46 per barrel as of 6.00 p.m. local time (1500GMT) on Thursday.