By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) - The Borsa Istanbul index started Friday with a 289.70-point increase to open at 89,119.90.
The BIST 100 benchmark index rose by 0.33 percent during the first transactions of the day.
The banking and holding sector indices were up 0.40 and 0.11 percent, respectively.
Turkey’s mining sector was the best performer among sub-indices -- 1.53 percent -- while none of the sector indices lost value.
The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate increased slightly to 3.6930 at 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Friday, compared with 3.6890 at Thursday's close.