By Mucahithan Avcioglu
ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index, the BIST 100, opened Monday at 10,481.45 points, down 0.24% or 25.65 points from the previous close.
On Friday, the BIST 100 grew 0.46%, closing at 10,507.11 points with a daily transaction volume of 134.4 billion Turkish liras ($3.68 billion).
As of 9.50 am local time (0650GMT), the US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate stood at 36.5280, the EUR/TRY rate was 39.6115, and the GBP/TRY rate was 47.1660.
The price of one ounce of gold was $2,913.10, while the barrel price of Brent oil was around $69.90.