Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up nearly 1.5% at close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index was up 1.48% to close the day on Tuesday at 1,404.97 points.

Starting the day at 1,393.57 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 20.54 points over Monday's close of 1,384.43 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,872.60 by market close, down from $1,880 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $50.30 per barrel as of 6:15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Tuesday.