Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,150.07 points on Thursday, up 0.42% or 4.83 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX GAINS 4.83 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At Wednesday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was up 1.96% at 1,145.24 points, with a daily trading volume of 24.4 billion Turkish liras ($3.1 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 7.6530 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), down from 7.7640 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also dropped to 8.9880 from 9.0830, while one British pound traded for 9.9310 Turkish liras, down from 10.0300.