Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Friday's close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,391.86 points on Friday, down by 1.34% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,413.99 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 18.93 points from the previous close of 1,410.79 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,785.50 by market close, up from $1,784.30 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $75.91 per barrel as of 6.34 p.m. local time (1534GMT).