Turkish stock exchange up at Wednesday open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 8,523.73 points, up by 0.12%, or 10.2 points, from Tuesday’s close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed Tuesday at 8,513.54 points, up 0.31%, with a daily trading volume of 164.4 billion Turkish liras ($5.8 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 27.5680 as of 10.35 a.m. local time (0735GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 28.9280, and a British pound traded for 33.2170 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $90.50 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,837.95.