Turkish stock exchange up at midweek opening

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 9,821.60 points, up 0.15% or 14.50 points from the previous close.

On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 0.33% to close at 9,807.10 points, with a daily transaction volume of 102.8 billion liras ($2.86 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 35.9540 as of 9.55 am (0655GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.3630, and the GBP/TRY traded at 44.8640.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,860.50 and the price of Brent crude oil was around $75.90 per barrel.