Turkish stocks flat at midweek open

BIST 100 index goes up 35.17 points from Tuesday's close, USD/TRY exchange rate stands around 5.30

By Muhammed Ali Gurtas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index went up 0.03 percent or 35.17 points to open at 105,117.48 points on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed the day up 0.72 percent at 105,082.31 points with a daily trading volume of 7.3 billion Turkish liras ($1.4 billion).

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 5.3000 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) Wednesday, compared to 5.3010 at the last close.

The euro/Turkish lira rate was 6.0330, versus 6.0260 at Tuesday's close, and one British pound was exchanged for 7.0340 Turkish liras, up from 6.9940.

One barrel of Brent oil was sold for $65.70 as of 10.15 a.m. local time (0715GMT) Wednesday.

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