Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up at weekly close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index went up 0.12% to 1,111.96 points at close on Friday.

After starting the last transaction day of the week at 1,112.90 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 1.30 points from Thursday's close of 1,110.66 points.

During the day, the index hovered between 1,110.13, and 1,115.82 points.

One ounce of gold sold for $1,953.85 by market close, up from $1,946.90, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent oil was $43.37 per barrel as of 6 p.m. local time (1500GMT) on Friday.