Turkey's Borsa Istanbul looking up at weekly open

BIST 100 index gains over 1 point from last week's close

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,402.73 points on Monday, up 0.09% or 1.27 points from the previous close.

At last week’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was down 0.35%% to 1,401.46 points, with a daily trading volume of over 11.94 billion Turkish liras ($1.34 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 8.8550 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Monday, from 8.8520 on Friday.

One euro traded for 10.2710 Turkish liras, versus 10.2620 at the previous close. The British pound/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 11.9980, down from 12.0280.

One barrel of Brent crude oil was sold for around $78.92 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).

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