Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up at close

BIST 100 index rises nearly 580 points, while Turkish lira gains in value against foreign currencies

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index rose 0.64% to close Friday at 90,589.73 points.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index started the day at 89,824.79 points, up 578.11 points from Thursday's close of 90,011.62 points.

In Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets, the price of one ounce of gold was around $1,297.30 by market close, up from $1,281.00 the previous day.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $63.40 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) Friday.

Exchange Rates	Thursday	Friday
USD/TRY	5.9170	5.8400
EUR/TRY	6.5920	6.5330
GBP/TRY	7.4710	7.3780

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