UPDATE - Turkey's Borsa Istanbul down at Monday's close

UPDATES WITH MORE DAILY FIGURES

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed at 1,432.61 points on Friday, down 0.15% from the previous close.

Starting the day at 1,436.85 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index lost 2.15 points from Friday's close of 1,434.76 points.

The index's lowest value during the day was 1,431.89 points, while its daily high was 1,443.29 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was almost 1.08 trillion Turkish liras ($126 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 12.1 billion Turkish liras ($1.4 billion).

While 49 stocks on the index rose, 45 fell and six remained unchanged compared to Friday's close.

The highest trading volumes were posted by private lender Garanti BBVA, glass maker Sise Cam, and iron and steel producer Kardemir.

Borusan Yatirim ve Pazarlama A.S., which invests in companies operating in steel, distributorship, logistics, and technology sectors, was the best performer of the day with its shares up 10%. Stocks of interest-free lender Albaraka Turk did the worst, down 4.94%.

One ounce of gold traded for $1.749,05 by market close, down from $1.792,90 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $68.84 per barrel as of 6:39 p.m. local time (1539GMT).