Turkey's Borsa Istanbul closes Monday with new records

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index ended with gains on Monday to hit another record closing of 1,927.39 points, while it hit a new intraday all-time high of 1,928.14 points during the session.

Starting the day at 1,921.19 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 16.98 points, or 0.89%, from the previous close of 1,910.41 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,778.35 by market close, up from $1,770.10 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was up 2.3% to $71.52 per barrel as of 6.39 p.m. local time (1539GMT).