Turkish stocks down at Tuesday close

By Yunus Girgin

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed at 1,259.72 points, down by 2.57%, on Tuesday.

Starting the day at 1,291.65 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 33.27 points over Monday’s close of 1,292.99 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,888.75 by market close, up from $1,878.40 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was $43.55 per barrel as of 6:15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Tuesday.