Borsa Istanbul opens midweek up

ANKARA

Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,349.22 points on Wednesday, up 0.18% or 2.38 points from the previous close.

At Tuesday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was down 0.75% to 1,346.84 points, with a daily volume of 10.99 billion Turkish liras ($1.27 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange stood at 8.6200 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Wednesday, up from 8.6040 at the previous close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate was down to 10.1700 from 10.1830, while one British pound traded for 11.9700 Turkish liras, versus 11.9360 at the previous close.

One barrel of Brent crude oil was sold for $76.50 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).