By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the day at 103,780.58 points on Thursday, down 1% from the previous close.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 104,306.92 points. As of the daily close, it lost 1,047.60 points from Wednesday's close of 104,828.18 points.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $63.00 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Thursday.
| Exchange Rates | Wednesday | Thursday |
| USD/TRY | 5.7530 | 5.7540 |
| EUR/TRY | 6.3370 | 6.3350 |
| GBP/TRY | 7.4000 | 7.4040 |