By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index opened at 1,444.82 points on Thursday, up 0.02% or 0.36 points from the previous close.
At Thursday's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up 2.38% to 1,444.46 points, with a daily trading volume of 15.7 billion Turkish liras ($1.8 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 8.5730 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 8.5660 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also rose slightly to 10.0670 from 10.0490, while one British pound traded for 11.8280 Turkish liras, down from 11.8820.
One barrel of Brent crude oil was sold for around $71 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).