Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,348.47 points on Friday, rising by 0.45% or 5.98 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX GAINS CLOSE TO 6 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index closed at an all-time high of 1,342.49 points on Thursday, with a daily trading volume of 27.5 billion Turkish liras (nearly $3.5 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 7.8560 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 7.8830 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate was down to 9.3700 from 9.3880, while one British pound traded for 10.5300 Turkish liras, falling from 10.5560.