Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul up at Thursday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed on Thursday at 1,401.52 points, up by 1.13% versus the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,390.92 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 15.61 points over the previous close at 1,385.91 points.

The price of one ounce of gold remained unchanged – $1,768 – by market close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $67.60 per barrel as of 6.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).