Turkiye's Borsa Istanbul up at midweek close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye's benchmark stock index ended Wednesday at 2,042.70 points, up 1.56% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 2,036.27 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index climbed 31.35 points from Tuesday's close of 2,011.35 points.

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,010 by market close, up from $2,009.5 at the previous close.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $121.5 per barrel as of 6.30 p.m. local time (1530GMT).