Turkish stock exchange opens week on high note

Benchmark index gains over 20 points at opening session

By Tuba Ongun

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Monday at 9,639.23 points, rising 0.21%, or 20.40 points, from the previous close.

On Friday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index surged 5.37% to record closing high of 9,618.83 points with a daily transaction volume of 124 billion Turkish liras ($3.86 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 32.0350 as of 10.01 a.m. local time (0701GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 34.7044, while a British pound traded for 40.4523 liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $89.59 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $2,353.55.

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