Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,101.72 points on Wednesday, up 0.51% or 5.56 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX GAINS AROUND 5.5 POINTS
At Tuesday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index rose 0.84% reaching 1,082.24 points with a daily trading volume of 14.1 billion Turkish liras ($1.84 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 7.6790 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), compared to 7.6540 at previous close.
One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $41.40 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).