Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul looking up at week's open

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) — Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 5,076.41 points on Monday, rising 0.35%, or 17.66 points, from the previous close.

On Friday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dropped 0.54% to close the week at 5,058.75, with a daily trading volume of 71.4 billion Turkish liras ($3.78 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.8740 as of 9.53 a.m. local time (0653GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 19.8876, while a British pound traded for 22.5176 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $82.30 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,815.15.