Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up at Thursday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,456.68 points on Thursday, up 0.52% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,453.24 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index climbed 7.51 points from the previous close of 1,449.17 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,881.10 by market close, up from $1,877 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $72.50 per barrel as of 6:20 p.m. local time (1520GMT).