Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul closes Thursday lower

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkiye's benchmark stock index posted losses at Thursday close, falling 0.2% to 2,038.67 points.

Starting the day at 2,048.35 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 4.18 points from Wednesday's close of 2,042.85 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,842.80 by market close, up from $1,832.60 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

Price of Brent crude oil was around $92.75 per barrel as of 6.17 p.m. local time (1517GMT) on Thursday with a day gain of 1.3%.