Turkish stocks up at Friday close

By Yunus Girgin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index ended the week at 1,432.93 points, up 0.34% from the previous close.

After starting Friday at 1,428.91 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 4.80 points from Thursday's close of 1,428.13 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,869.20 by market close, down from $1,889.60 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $71.50 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Friday.