Turkish stock exchange up at Thursday's open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Thursday at 8,236.87 points, up by 0.28%, or 23.11 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed the midweek at 8,213.76 points, down 0.35%, with a daily trading volume of 141.7 billion Turkish liras ($5.2 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 27.4155 as of 10.20 a.m. local time (0720GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 28.9230, and a British pound traded for 33.3030 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $94.90 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,894.95.