Turkish stocks down at opening

ANKARA (AA) – Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index declined 87.49 points to open at 77,341.07 on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

The country's benchmark index was down 0.11 percent while the banking sector and holding sector indices decreased by 0.14 percent and 0.09 percent respectively.

Among the sector indices, the mining sector gained the most with a 0.55 percent rise. The leasing and factoring sector index fell hardest with a 0.74 percent decline.

The Turkish lira lost value against the U.S. dollar to trade at 3.1160 compared to Tuesday's closing rate of 3.1130.