Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul closes Monday lower

By Ovunc Kutlu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkiye's benchmark stock index closed Monday at 2,001.94 points, down 2.39% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 2,018.97 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 49.11 points from Friday's close of 2,051.05 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,845 by market close, up from $1,831.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $94.18 per barrel as of 6.44 p.m. local time (1544GMT) with a daily loss of 0.3%.