ISTANBUL

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Friday at 11.340,42 points, increasing by 0.04% or 4.24 points from the previous close.

On Thursday, the BIST 100 fell 0.03% to close at 11,336.18 points, with a daily transaction volume of 62 billion liras ($1.45 billion).

As of 10 am local time (0700GMT), exchange rates stood at 42.9250 Turkish liras to the US dollar, 50.5790 to the euro, and 57.9550 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $4,511.80, while Brent crude oil was trading at $61.90 per barrel.