By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index was down 0.58% to close Thursday at 1,271.75 points.
Starting the day at 1,284.52 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 7.47 points over the midweek's close of 1,279.22 points -- all-time high.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,879 by market close, up from $1,857 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $44.30 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT) on Thursday.
| Exchange Rates | Wednesday | Thursday |
| USD/TRY | 7.8720 | 7.7220 |
| EUR/TRY | 9.2510 | 9.1140 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.5110 | 10.2260 |