Borsa Istanbul nears 4,900 level at open

ISTANBUL

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at a record high level of 4,880.46 points on Thursday, up 0.54%, or 26.31 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 1.54% to end Wednesday at 4,854.16 points, hitting a historic high, with a daily trading volume of 120 billion Turkish liras ($6.4 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.6315 as of 10.50 a.m. local time (0750GMT), the euro/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 19.4216 and a British pound traded for 22.5135 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $85.03 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,756.05.