By Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended Monday down 1.70% at 1,384.43 points.
After starting the week at 1,393.79 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dropped 23.89 points from 1,408.32 points at Friday's close.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,880.00 by market close, up from $1,877.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $50.40 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Monday.
| Exchange Rates | Friday | Monday |
| USD/TRY | 7.6510 | 7.6750 |
| EUR/TRY | 9.3700 | 9.3790 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.3730 | 10.2560 |