Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up at weekly close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index went up 0.93% to 1,086.32 points at the closing session of Friday.

After starting the last transaction day of the week at 1,074.98 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 9.98 points from Thursday's close of 1,076.34 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,934 by market close, down from $1,936.20 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $42.70 per barrel as of 6 p.m. (1500GMT) on Friday.