Turkey's Borsa Istanbul Slightly Down At Close

Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Thursday at 1,416.55 points, down slightly by 0.09%.

Starting the day at 1,422.22 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index lost 1.34 points over Wednesday's close of 1,417.89 points.

During the day, the index's lowest value was 1,415.06 points, while its daily high was 1,430.34 points.

The total market value of the BIST 100 was around 1.02 trillion Turkish liras ($125 billion) by market close, with a daily trading volume of 15.8 billion Turkish liras ($1.94 billion).

On the fourth transaction day of the week, 34 stocks on the index rose, 59 fell, and seven were flat compared to Wednesday.

The highest trading volumes were posted by private lender Garanti BBVA, iron/steel producer Kardemir, and conglomerate Dogan Holding.

Food company Kerevitas was the best performer, with its shares up 4.71%, while stocks of Rim producer Jantsa dropped the most, 5.7%.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,740.50 by market close, up from $1,735.00 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $63.0 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Thursday.