Turkey's Borsa Istanbul closes Monday with new record

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended with gains on Monday to finish at 1,755.48 points -- a record-high daily closing.

After starting the day at 1,751.05 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 18.15 points, or 1.04%, from Friday's close of 1,737.33 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,840.60 by market close, down from $1,860.25 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was up 0.6% to $79.39 per barrel as of 6.28 p.m. local time (1528GMT).