Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul down 1.43% at Wednesday’s close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,371.69 points on Wednesday, down 1.43% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,390.72 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 19.96 points from Tuesday's close of 1,391.65 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,750.00 by market close, down from $1,757.80 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was down 1.7% to $81.16 per barrel as of 6.31 p.m. local time (1531GMT).