By Jeyhun Aliyev
ANKARA
Turkey's stock exchange started Wednesday on the rise, climbing 0.42 percent, or 416.51 points, to open at 99,708.98 points on Wednesday.
On the third transaction day of the week, the banking and holding sector indices gained 0.81 percent and 0.26 percent, respectively.
As all sector indices started the day on the rise, the tourism sector index posted the best performance, up 0.83 percent.
On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 closed at 99,292.47, down 0.26 percent, or 254.97 points, with a
The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 6.1600 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Wednesday, compared with the previous close of 6.1970.
By market open, the euro/
One British pound traded for 8.1350 Turkish liras versus 8.1640 at Tuesday's close.
The price of Brent oil rose to $81.31 per barrel as of 10.00 a.m. local time (0700GMT) Wednesday, compared to $81.26 at the end of Tuesday -- climbing from around $66 at the beginning of 2018.
