Turkey's benchmark stock index flat at open

BIST 100 index falls 0.01 pct compared to Thursday's close, USD/TRY stands around 5.21

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index fell 0.01 percent or 13.19 points to open at 104,061.03 points on Friday.

On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dropped 0.11 percent to close the day at 104,074.22 points with a daily trading volume of 9.85 billion Turkish liras ($1.88 billion).

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 5.2140 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), compared with Thursday's closing rate of 5.1760.

The euro/lira exchange rate was 5.9690, versus 5.9630 at the last close. One British pound was exchanged for 6.8460 Turkish liras, as the GBP/TRY was 6.8120 by market close on Thursday.

The price of Brent oil was around $60.92 per barrel as of 10.10 a.m. local time (0710GMT) Friday.

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