ANKARA (AA) – The BIST 100 index gained 180 points to open at 76,138.96 on Friday during its first transactions.
The benchmark index increased by 0.3 percent while the banking and holding sector indexes advanced by 0.31 and 0.29 percent respectively.
On the last trading day of the week, among all sector indexes, the insurance sector increased the most, by 0.83 percent while the trading sector saw the largest drop with a 0.13 percent.
Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was flat, to trade at 3.4360 early Friday morning, compared to Thursday's closing rate of 3.4370.