Turkish stock exchange up at midweek opening

By Tuba Ongun

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 9,895.71 points, a rise of 0.13% or 12.92 points from the previous close.

On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 0.32% to close at 9,882.79 points, with a daily transaction volume of 83.4 billion Turkish liras ($2.31 billion).

The USD/TRY exchange rate was 36.0732 as of 9.50 am (0650GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.3644, and the GBP/TRY traded at 44.8881.

The price of one ounce of gold eased from a record high to $2,916.80 after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there was no hurry to adjust the policy stance and Brent crude oil was traded at $76.76 per barrel.