By Tuba Ongun
Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Monday at 9,618.42 points, up 0.72% or 68.53 points from the previous close.
On Friday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 1.94%% to reach 9,549.89 points, with a daily transaction volume of 119.7 billion liras ($3.47 billion).
The USD/TRY exchange rate was 34.5801 as of 09.52 a.m. (0652GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 36.2814, and the GBP/TRY traded at 43.5703.
The price of one ounce of gold was $2,692.70 and the price of Brent crude oil was around $74.17 per barrel.