Turkish stock exchange opens Thursday lower

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye’s benchmark BIST 100 index opened Thursday at 11,540.61 points, down 0.32%, or 36.50 points, from the previous close.

The index closed Wednesday down 1.87% at 11,577.12 points, with a daily transaction volume of 85.9 billion Turkish liras ($1.73 billion).

As of 9.50 am local time (0650GMT), the lira traded at 49.6270 against the US dollar, 55.9090 against the euro and 66.6430 against the British pound.

Gold was priced at $4,089.90 per ounce, while Brent crude oil futures stood at $111.55 per barrel.

Mücahithan Avcıoğlu