By Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,356.34 points on Wednesday, down by 1.12% from the previous close.
Starting the day at 1,374.94 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 15.33 points from the previous close of 1,371.67 points.
One ounce of gold traded for $1,757.00 by market close, down from $1,769.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $74.5 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT).
| Exchange Rates | Tuesday | Wednesday |
| USD/TRY | 8.7280 | 8.6780 |
| EUR/TRY | 10.3720 | 10.2890 |
| GBP/TRY | 12.0860 | 12.0300 |