Turkish stocks up at Wednesday's open

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye's benchmark stock index Borsa Istanbul opened at 2,022.53 points on Wednesday, up 15.39 points, or 0.77%, from the previous close.

On Tuesday, the BIST 100 index closed the day at 2,007.14 points, increasing by 9.56 points, or 0.48%, with a daily trading volume of more than 28.3 billion Turkish liras ($2.1 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate diminished to 13.5929 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 13.6380.

The euro/lira exchange rate down to 15.5242 from 15.5710, while a British pound traded for 18.4273 liras, down from 18.5250.

Brent crude oil sold for around $90.79 per barrel as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).