Turkish stock exchange up at Thursday's open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Thursday at 8.862,37 points, gaining 0.22% or 19.36 points versus the previous close.

The BIST 100 index closed Wednesday at 8,843.01 points, down 0.29%, with a daily transaction volume of 64 billion Turkish liras ($2.08 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 30.6030 as of 1000 .a.m. local time (GMT0700), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 33.0020, while the GBP/TRY rate was 38.6620.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,048.55, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $79.64.