By Tuba Ongun
The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Friday at 10,528.92 points, up 1.32% or 137.03 points from the previous close.
On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index surged 2.23% to 10,391.89 points.
The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 32.5820 as of 9.52 a.m. (0652GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 34.9233, and the GBP/TRY rate was 41.4851.
The price of one ounce of gold was $2,325.95, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $82.33.