Turkish stock exchange up at Wednesday open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 7,820.40 points, up by 0.63%, or 49.10 points, from Tuesday’s close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed Tuesday at 7,771.30 points, falling 0.33%, with a daily trading volume of 162 billion Turkish liras ($5.94 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 27.2020 as of 10.35 a.m. local time (0735GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 29.4550, and a British pound traded for 34.5920 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $83.50 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,930.75.