Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,382.74 points on Monday, up 12.04 points or 0.88% from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX RISES SOME 12 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At Friday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index rose 1.28% to 1,370.70 points with a daily trading volume of 30.6 billion Turkish liras ($3.9 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 7.8700 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Monday, up from last week’s closing rate of 7.8360.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 9.5560, versus 9.4970, and one British pound traded for 10.5140 Turkish liras. It was 10.3840 at Friday’s close.