Turkish stock exchange up at open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Thursday at 10,715.32 points, up by 0.31% or 33.17 points from the previous close.

On Wednesday, the BIST 100 index soared by 2.26% to 10,682.15 points with a daily transaction volume of 96 billion Turkish liras ($2.94 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 32.5760 as of 10.15 a.m. (0715GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 35.2590, while the GBP/TRY rate was 41.5270.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,354.32, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $86.40.