Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul down at Thursday's close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkiye's benchmark stock index ended Thursday at 2,014.21 points, down 1.36% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 2,056.21 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 27.87 points from Wednesday's close of 2,042.08 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,835 by market close, up from $1,810 at the previous close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $88.50 per barrel as of 6.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT).