Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul closes Friday with gains

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s benchmark stock index ended Friday with gains to close at 1,891.28 points.

After starting the day at 1,820.67 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index gained 85.98 points, or 4.76%, from Thursday's close of 1,805.30 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,808.20 by the day’s end, down from $1,810.70 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was down 0.1% to $76.52 per barrel as of 6.18 p.m. local time (1518GMT).