Borsa Istanbul opens lower on Friday

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 4,465.59 points on Friday, down 0.92%, or 41.65 points, from the previous close.

On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index decreased 3.45% to close at 4,507.24 points with a daily trading volume of 111 billion Turkish liras ($5.97 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 18.6195 as of 10.01 a.m. local time (0701GMT), the euro/Turkish lira rate stood at 19.3216, while a British pound traded for 22.1606 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $90.25 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,766.05.