Turkey's Borsa Istanbul flat at midweek close

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday at 1,540.59 points, a slight decrease of 0.14%.

Starting the day at 1,553.41 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index slipped 2.23 points from 1,542.82 points at Tuesday's close.

One ounce of gold sold for $1,790.75 by market close, down from $1,819.50, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent oil was around $63.55 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Wednesday, with a daily range of $62.73 to $64.74.