By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index BIST 100 opened Monday at 9,959.21 points, marking an increase of 0.6% or 58.95 points from the previous close.
On Friday, the BIST 100 index was down by 0.76% to 9,900.25 points, with a daily transaction volume of 76 billion liras ($2.24 billion).
As of 10.05 a.m. (0705GMT), the US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 34.1505, the EUR/TRY rate stood at 38.1015, while the GBP/TRY rate was 45.4160.
The price of one ounce of gold was $2,627.35, and the price of Brent crude oil was around $74.35. per barrel.