Türkiye’s benchmark stock index down at open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye’s benchmark stock index, BIST 100, saw a decline of 0.33% or 29.21 points to open Friday’s trading at 8.843,64 points.

On Thursday, the index rose by 1.81%, ending the day at 8,872.85 points, with a daily transaction volume of 61 billion Turkish liras ($1.78 billion).

As of 10.30 am local time (0730 GMT), the exchange rate for the US dollar against the Turkish lira (USD/TRY) stood at 34.2890, while the euro/Turkish lira (EUR/TRY) exchange rate was at 37.1155, and the British pound/Turkish lira (GBP/TRY) rate was at 44.4840.

In commodities, the ounce price of gold was at $2,728.27, while Brent crude oil was trading at around $74.30 per barrel.