Türkiye stock exchange looking up at week's open

ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 5,051.64 points on Monday, rising 0.49%, or 24.81 points, from the previous close.

On Friday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index increased 0.36% to close the week at 5,026.83, with a daily trading volume of 63.5 billion Turkish liras ($3.4 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.8638 as of 9.55 a.m. local time (0955GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 20.1613, while a British pound traded for 22.6974 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $83.62 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,852.65.