Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,124.93 points on Monday, rising 0.07% or 0.76 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX GAINS 0.76 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At the last week’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was up 0.41% at 1,124.17 points, with a daily trading volume of some 21.3 billion Turkish liras ($2.8 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate went up at 7.6940 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 7.6250 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate slightly slipped to 8.9510 from 8.9620, while one British pound traded for 9.8530 Turkish liras, up from 9.8480.