Turkey's Borsa Istanbul starts week up

BIST 100 index rises 0.34 percent from close of last week; US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stands at 5.4480

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index went up 0.34 percent or 348.67 points to open at 101,886.95 points on Monday.

On Friday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index ended the week down 0.73 percent at 101,538.28 points with a daily trading volume of 6.22 billion Turkish liras ($1.14 billion).

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 5.4480 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) Monday, compared to 5.4560 at the last close.

The euro/Turkish lira rate was stable at 6.1290 compared to Friday's close, and one British pound was exchanged for 7.0910 Turkish liras, down from 7.1490.

One barrel of Brent oil was sold for $66.00 as of 10.00 a.m. local time (0700GMT) Monday.

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