Borsa Istanbul opens mid-week up

ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 4,066.02 points on Wednesday, up 0.28%, or 11.35 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index jumped 1.9% on Tuesday to a record close of 4,054.67 points, with a daily trading volume of 80 billion Turkish liras ($4.30 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.6195 as of 10.15 a.m. local time (0715GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate was at 18.4260, and a British pound traded for 21.4151 liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $95.62 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,651.23.