ISTANBUL

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Thursday at 12,771.45 points, rising 0.34%, or 43.28 points, from the previous close.

On Wednesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 fell 0.61% to close at 12,728.18 points, with a daily transaction volume of 208.1 billion Turkish liras ($4.8 billion).

As of 9.50 am local time (0650GMT), exchange rates stood at 43.3075 liras to the US dollar, 50.7165 to the euro, and 58.2865 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $4,822.90, while Brent crude oil was trading at $64.55 per barrel.