By Aysu Bicer
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index opened at 1,510.32 points on Thursday, up 1.84% or 27.29 points from the previous close.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index ended Wednesday at 1,483.02, down 2.30%, with a daily trading volume of 33.7 billion Turkish liras ($4.7 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 7.1900 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), from 7.2090 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 8.7600 from 8.7550, while one British pound traded for 10.1800 Turkish liras, down from 10.2060.
One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $66.40 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).