By Tuba Sahin
ANKARA (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 5,568.43 points on Monday, up 1.08%, or 59.27 points, from the previous close.
On Friday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up 0.59% to end the year's last trading day at a new all-time high of 5,509.16 points, with a daily trading volume of 113 billion Turkish liras ($6.03 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.7224 as of 10.00 a.m. local time (0700GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 20.0201, and a British pound traded for 22.6085 Turkish liras.
Brent crude oil was selling for around $86 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was at $1,830.10.