Turkish stock exchange up at midweek opening

By Tuba Ongun

ANKARA (AA) — Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 9,467.96 points, up 0.17%, or 16.38 points, from the previous close.

On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dipped 1.29% to close at 9,451.58 points, with a daily transaction volume of 80.2 billion Turkish liras ($2.19 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 36.4630 as of 9.51 a.m. (0651GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 38.2939, and the GBP/TRY traded at 46.1169.

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,921.30, while the price of Brent crude oil was roughly $72.72 per barrel.