Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul up at Thursday's close

By Yunus Girgin

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,410.79 points on Thursday, up by 0.60% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,405.26 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index gained 8.44 points from the previous close of 1,402.35 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,784.30 by market close, up from $1,783.95 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $75.50 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT).