Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Monday close

By Yunus Girgin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended Monday down 1.70% at 1,384.43 points.

After starting the week at 1,393.79 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dropped 23.89 points from 1,408.32 points at Friday's close.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,880.00 by market close, up from $1,877.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $50.40 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Monday.