Turkish stocks post loses at Wednesday close

ANKARA

Turkiye's benchmark stock index Borsa Istanbul close Wednesday with losses, down 0.26% to 2,183.10 points.

Starting the day at 2,198.89 points, BIST 100 index fell 5.71 points from Tuesday's close of 2,188.81 points.

One ounce of gold traded for $1,940.00 by market close, up from $1,933.35 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

Price of Brent crude oil jumped to $121.81 per barrel as of 6.02 p.m. local time (1502GMT) on Wednesday, up 5.48% from the previous close.