Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,074.98 points Friday, down 1.36 points or 0.13% from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX LOSES 1.36 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At Thursday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index ended the day down 0.70% to close at 1,076.34 points, with a daily trading volume of 12.5 billion Turkish liras ($1.7 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 7.4500 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), up from Thursday’s closing rate of 7.4340.
One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $43.72 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT) Friday.