Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index was down 0.58% to close Thursday at 1,271.75 points.

Starting the day at 1,284.52 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 7.47 points over the midweek's close of 1,279.22 points -- all-time high.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,879 by market close, up from $1,857 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $44.30 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT) on Thursday.