Turkish stock exchange flat at open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 10.171,09 points, down slightly by 2.3 points over the previous close.

At Tuesday's close, the BIST 100 index rose by 1.17% to 10,173.42 points, with a daily transaction volume of 104 billion liras ($3.22 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 32.2755 as of 10.15 a.m. (0715GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 34.9910, while the GBP/TRY rate was 40.6565.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,361.60, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $82.70.