Turkish stock exchange flat at midweek's open

ISTANBUL

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 9,700.27 points, slightly up by 0.10 points from the previous close.

On Tuesday, the BIST 100 fell by 0.48% to 9,700.17 points, with a daily transaction volume of 118 billion Turkish liras ($3.05 billion).


As of 9.50 am local time (0650GMT), exchange rates stood at 38.8085 liras to the US dollar, 43.4880 to the euro, and 51.6745 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $3,231.35, while Brent crude oil was trading at $66.00 per barrel.