Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul closes Thursday with losses

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkiye's benchmark stock index ended Thursday at 1,957.90 points, down 2.21% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,995.68 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 44.34 points from Wednesday's close of 2,002.24 points.

Price of one ounce of gold was $1,800 with a 0.37% loss at 6.36 p.m. local time (1536 GMT).

Price of Brent crude oil was around $89.16 per barrel.