Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Tuesday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,346.84 points on Tuesday, down 0.75% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,358.27 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 10.12 points from the previous close of 1,356.96 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,795 by market close, down from $1,802 at Monday's close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $75.50 per barrel as of 6:20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).