Borsa Istanbul looking up at weekly open

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index opened the week at 1,401.64 points on Monday, increasing by 0.27% or 3.82 points from the previous close.

At Friday's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was down 0.25% at 1,397.82 points, with a daily trading volume of 14.7 billion liras ($1.8 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 8.3300 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Monday, from 8.3010 at the previous close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 10.0200, versus 10.0240, while one British pound traded for 11.5000 Turkish liras, down from 11.5380 at the last week's close.

One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $66.30 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).