ANKARA

Turkey's benchmark stock index hit an all-time high at 1,342.49 points, up 1.28%, at Thursday close,.

Starting the day at 1,334.67 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rises 17.02 points over the midweek's close of 1,325.47 points.

The price of one ounce of gold was $1,807.00 by market close, down from $1,808.35 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.

The price of Brent crude oil was around $48.08 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Thursday.