Turkiye's BIST 100 index up at Monday's open

By Ovunc Kutlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkiye’s benchmark stock index opened at 2,160.42 points on Monday, up 16.16 points, or 0.75%, from the previous close.

On Friday, the BIST 100 index rose 0.5% to close at 2,144.26 points, with a daily trading volume of 26.7 billion Turkish liras ($1.8 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate climbed to 14.84 as of 10.11 a.m. local time (0711GMT) for a 0.17% daily increase.

The euro/lira exchange rate was up 0.3% to 16.40 at the time, while a British pound traded for 19.54 Turkish liras, a rise of 0.2%.

The price of international oil benchmark Brent crude was at $111.20 per barrel with a 3% gain.