Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,177.09 points on Wednesday, up 0.20% or 2.39 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX RISES 2.39 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At Tuesday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index dropped 0.31% to1,174.70 points with a daily trading volume of 19.8 billion Turkish liras ($2.5 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 7.9340 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), compared to 7.9240 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also rose to 9.3180 versus 9.3110 while the British pound traded for 10.2620 Turkish liras, down from 10.3150.