Turkey's Borsa Istanbul flat at Monday's close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed flat without much change at 1,438.28 points on Monday, down 0.03% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,439.75 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 0.44 points from Friday's close of 1,438.72 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,789 by market close, down from $1,795 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $73.43 per barrel with a 0.7% gain as of 6:52 p.m. local time (1552GMT).