Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,150.79 points on Monday, rising 0.50% or 5.76 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX GAINS AROUND 5.7 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At the last week’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was up 0.13% at 1,145.03 points, with a daily trading volume of 20.2 billion Turkish liras ($2.6 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose slightly to 7.7620 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 7.7580 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also increased to 9.1020 from 9.0890, while one British pound traded for 10.0640 Turkish liras, versus 10.0630 at Friday’s close.