ISTANBUL 

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Friday at 11,296.52 points, up 0.31% or 35 points from the previous close.

On Wednesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 rose 0.37%, closing at 11,261.52 points with a daily trading volume of 112.6 billion Turkish liras ($2.62 billion).

On Thursday, stock markets were closed for New Year's day.

As of 9.50 am local time (0650GMT), the US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate stood at 43.0285, the EUR/TRY rate was 50.4550, and the GBP/TRY rate was 57.9890.

The price of one ounce of gold was $4,376.30, while the barrel price of Brent oil was around $61.15.