Turkey's Borsa Istanbul ends week down

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended the week down 0.10% to close at 95,976.82 points on Friday.

After starting the day at 95,721.69 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 96.16 points from Thursday's close of 96,072.99 points.

On a weekly basis, the benchmark index posted a 2.84% decline, although it has surged around 8% from 88,865.01 points at the close on the first business day of 2019.

One ounce of gold sold for $1,293 at the daily close in Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets versus the previous close of $1,301.

A barrel of Brent oil sold for $71.53 as of 6.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT) on Friday -- with a day range of $70.91 to $71.75.

At the beginning of 2019, the price of Brent oil was around $53 per barrel.