Turkey's Borsa Istanbul ends Monday up

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Monday at 1,808.79 points, up 1.82% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,788.40 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 32.38 points from the previous close of 1,776.41 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,789.50 by market close, down from $1,805.80 at Friday's close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $73.65 per barrel as of 13.00 p.m. local time (1000GMT) on Monday.