Turkish stocks down at open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Monday at 4,806.4 points, down by 0.14%, or 6.53 points, from the last week's close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed Friday at 4,812.93 points, down 1.7%, with a daily trading volume of 48 billion Turkish liras ($2.53 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 19.2024 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 20.7580, while a British pound traded for 23.5970 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $84.14 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,971.4.