Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at midweek close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday at 1,483.02 points, down 2.30%.

Starting the day at 1,506.53 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index slipped 34.84 points from 1,517.86 points at Tuesday's close.

During the day, the index hovered between 1,483.02 and 1,523.19 points -- 11 stocks on the index rose, 89 fell compared to the previous close.

One ounce of gold sold for $1,814.00 by market close, down from $1,811.90, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent oil was around $65.69 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Wednesday.