Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at weekly close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed the week at 100,236.70 points on Friday, down 0.10% from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 100,641.10 points. As of weekly close, it lost 102.07 points from Thursday's close of 100,338.77 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was around $1,503.00 by market close, up from $1,498.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $64.60 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Friday.