Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,119.72 points on Monday, rising 0.66% or 7.35 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 INDEX RISES 7.35 POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE
At the last week’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was down 1.30% at 1,112.37 points, with a daily trading volume of some 7.66 billion Turkish liras ($920 million).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate slipped to 8.3580 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 8.3790 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 9.7260 from 9.7920, while one British pound traded for 10.4590 Turkish liras, versus 10.8050 at Friday’s close.