Borsa Istanbul up at midweek's open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) –Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 3,860.71 points on Wednesday, up 0.5%, or 19.15 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dropped 0.16% to end the Tuesday at 3,841.56 points, with a daily trading volume of 98 billion Turkish liras ($5.29 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.5860 as of 09.58 a.m. local time (0658GMT), the euro/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.2650, and a British pound traded for 20.9560 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $90.2 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,644.90.