By Yunus Girgin
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Thursday at 1,394.36 points, down 1.38% day-on-day.
After starting the day at 1,416.99 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 19.50 points from Wednesday's close of 1,413.86 points.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,727.00 by market close, down from $1,731.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $61.40 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Thursday.
| Exchange Rates | Wednesday | Thursday |
| USD/TRY | 7.9000 | 7.9500 |
| EUR/TRY | 9.3600 | 9.4050 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.8820 | 10.8910 |