Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul up over 2% at close

BIST 100 earns over 31 points from previous close, Turkish lira gains value against foreign currencies

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Thursday at 1,498.32 points, up 2.13%.

Starting the day at 1,450.54 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 31.32 points over the midweek's close of 1,467.00 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,840.95 by market close, down from $1,847.51 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $55.60 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Thursday.

Exchange Rates	Wednesday	Thursday
USD/TRY	7.4110	7.3610
EUR/TRY	8.9610	8.9440
GBP/TRY	10.1350	10.0800

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