Borsa Istanbul goes down in opening session

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s benchmark BIST 100 index declined by 217.91 points to open at 74,918.31 on Friday.

The index fell by 0.29 percent with the banking and holding sector indices losing 0.24 and 0.31 percent, respectively.

Among the sector indices, the leasing and factoring sector showed the greatest rise, 1.44 percent. The mining sector index fell hardest with a 0.83 percent decline.

The U.S. dollar rate stood at 3.3720 Turkish liras early Friday, compared to 3.3460 at Thursday’s close.