Turkey's Borsa Istanbul goes down in opening session

BIST 100 index opens 0.17 percent lower; US dollar/Turkish lira rate stands at around 3.53

By Dilara Zengin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark index started the day with a 155.75-point decrease to stand at 93,706.99 points on Thursday.

On the third transaction day of the week, the BIST 100 index fell by 0.17 percent.

The banking sector rose by 0.11 percent while the holding sector index went down by 0.03 percent.

Among all sectors, the electricity sector index was the best performer with a 0.61-percent rise while the telecommunication index started the day with the biggest decline, falling by 4.21 percent.

The BIST 100 was down 493.18 points or 0.52 percent to reach 93,862.74 points, with a total trading volume of 4.2 billion Turkish liras (around $1.2 billion) at close on Wednesday.

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate slightly decreased to 3.5310 at 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Thursday, compared with 3.5320 at Wednesday’s close.

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