By Tuba Ongun
Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Thursday at 9,354.28 points, rising 0.58%% or 53.98 points from the previous close.
On Wednesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 0.80% to 9,300.30 points, with a daily transaction volume of 109 billion liras ($3.18 billion).
The USD/TRY exchange rate was 34.3607 as of 10.10 am (0710GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 36.2343, and the GBP/TRY traded at 43.5864.
The price of one ounce of gold was $2,558.40, and the price of Brent crude oil was around $71.89 per barrel.