Turkish stocks on high note at Thursday's open

ANKARA

Turkey's benchmark stock index opened at 1,819.69 points on Thursday, increasing by 0.41%, or 7.39 points, from the previous close.

At midweek's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index hit an all-time high of 1,812.30 points with a rise of 1.55% and a trading volume of 47.6 billion Turkish liras ($3.7 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate reached 12.1820 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), up from 12.0320 on Wednesday's close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 13.6560, rising from 13.4670, while one British pound traded for 16.2750 Turkish liras, versus 16.0920 at the previous close.

One barrel of Brent crude oil was sold for around $82.10 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).