Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,089.39 points on Wednesday, falling slightly by 0.02% or 0.21 point from the previous close.
CRUDE OIL SOLD AROUND 39.50 DOLLARS
At Tuesday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was down 0.66% at 1,089.60 points, with a daily trading volume of 12.3 billion Turkish liras ($1.65 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose a little to 7.4920 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), compared to 7.4840 at the previous close.
One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $39.50 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).