Turkish stocks flat at opening session

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 6,360.70 points, down slightly by 0.04%, or 2.23 points, from the previous close.

On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index hit an all-time high, closing at 6,362.93 points, up 1.48%, with a daily trading volume of 133 billion Turkish liras ($5.09 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 26.1415 as of 09.58 a.m. local time (0658GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 28.8190, and a British pound traded for 33.8385 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $79.28 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,939.80.