Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul up at midweek close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye’s benchmark stock index ended midweek at 1,986.09 points, up 0.82% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,974.17 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index climbed by 16.18 points from Tuesday’s close of 1,969.91 points.

The price of an ounce of gold was $1,931.85 by market close, up from $1,930 at the previous close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $109.2 per barrel as of 6.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT).