Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul up 1.84% at Thursday's close

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,396.92 points on Thursday, up 1.84% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,385.05 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index rose 25.23 points from Wednesday's close of 1,371.69 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,759.05 by market close, up from $1,750.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was up 0.9% to $81.81 per barrel as of 6:55 p.m. local time (1555GMT).