By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index BIST 100 opened Monday at 9,756.61 points, up 0.33% or 32.1 points from the previous close.
On Friday, the BIST 100 index dropped by 0.42% to 9,724.50 points, with a daily transaction volume of 74 billion liras ($2.12 billion).
As of 10.30 am (0645GMT), the exchange rates stood at 35.2170 for the US dollar against the Turkish lira, 36.7315 for the euro, and 44.4085 for the British pound.
The price of one ounce of gold was $2,631.9, and Brent crude oil traded at $72.95 per barrel.