Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up 1.58% at Thursday's close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,455.42 points on Thursday, up 1.58% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,432.94 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 22.62 points from Wednesday's close of 1,432.80 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,782.70 by market close, up from $1,777.50 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was down 2.5% to $83.67 per barrel as of 6.31 p.m. local time (1531GMT).

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