Turkey's Borsa Istanbul closes Friday down

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index ended with losses on Friday to finish at 1,776.41 points.

After starting the day at 1,801.30 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 42.82 points, or 2.35%, from Thursday's close of 1,819.23 points.

One ounce of gold traded at $1,798 as of 6.23 p.m. local time (1523GMT), up 0.55% from the previous close, according to official data.

The price of Brent crude oil was $75.56 per barrel at the time for a 0.81% daily loss.