Borsa Istanbul goes up at open

ANKARA (AA) - The BIST 100 index gained 241.62 points to open at 75,880.58 on Monday during its first transactions.

The benchmark index increased by 0.32 percent, while the banking and holding sector indexes advanced by 0.36 and 0.39 percent, respectively.

On the first day of the week, the transportation index increased the most, by 1.39 percent, and the insurance sector saw the largest drop, with 0.60 percent, among all sector indices.

Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar/ Turkish lira exchange rate increased slightly, trading between 3.3710 and 3.3730 early Monday morning, compared to Friday's closing rate of 3.3690.