Borsa Istanbul looking down at Friday's open

BIST 100 index loses 6.44 points from previous close

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 3,928.08 points on Friday, down 0.16%, or 6.44 points from the previous close.

On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 1.05% to close at 3,934.52 points, with a daily trading volume of 67 billion Turkish liras ($3.61 billion).

The market opened for a half-day on Friday for observance of the Republic Day holiday on Oct. 29.

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.6160 as of 10.06 a.m. local time (0706GMT), the euro/lira parity was at 18.5618, and a British pound traded for 21.4616 liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $93.80 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,660.

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