Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index dropped by 0.74% to close Thursday at 1,180.43 points.

After starting the day at 1,187.64 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 8.86 points over the midweek's close of 1,189.29 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,844 by market close, down from $1,905 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $42.50 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Thursday.