ISTANBUL

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 13,260.12 points, up 0.32% or 42.52 points from the previous close.

On Tuesday, the BIST 100 climbed 2.01% to close at 13,217.60 points, with a daily transaction volume of 127.1 billion Turkish liras ($2.87 billion).

As of 9.45 am local time (0645GMT), exchange rates stood at 44.2165 Turkish liras to the US dollar, 51.2065 to the euro, and 59.2140 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $5,011.10, while Brent crude oil was trading at $98.40 per barrel.