By Mucahithan Avcioglu
ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock opened Monday at 10,898.10 points, slightly down 0.01% or 0.59 points.
On Friday, the BIST 100 decreased 0.43% and closed at 10,898.70 points, with a daily transaction volume of 108 billion liras ($2.55 billion).
As of 09.50 am local time (0650GMT), exchange rates stood at 42.5230 Turkish liras to the US dollar, 49.3330 to the euro, and 56.2255 to the British pound.
The price of an ounce of gold was $4,239.60, while Brent crude oil traded at $63.40 per barrel.