Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,314.43 points on Monday, falling 1.08% or 14.31 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX DECREASES BY AROUND 14.31 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At last week’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was up 1.02% at 1,328.73 points with a daily trading volume of 31.3 billion Turkish liras ($4 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 7.8490 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 7.8410 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also increased to 9.3880 from 9.3580, while one British pound traded for 10.4870 Turkish liras, down from 10.4880.