Turkey's Borsa Istanbul closes with new daily, weekly records

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended with gains on Friday, posting a new daily and weekly record-high closing level of 2,035.48.

Starting the day at 2,035.71 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 4.04 points, or 0.2%, from the previous close of 2,031.44 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,771.10 by market close, down from $1,782.40 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 $74.87 per barrel as of 6.33 p.m. local time (1533GMT).