Turkish stock exchange rises 1.24% at opening
Turkey's benchmark stock index kicked off Thursday with a significant rise, opening at 7,622.69 points.
This marked a 1.24% increase, adding 93.38 points from the previous close. The Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index had closed at 7,529.31 points midweek, experiencing a 2.83% decline, amid a trading volume of 82 billion liras ($2.82 billion).
In the currency market, the US dollar to Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 29.0430 by 10:28 a.m. local time (0728GMT). Concurrently, the euro was trading against the lira at 31.7150, and the British pound was valued at 36.6850 Turkish liras.
In commodities, Brent crude oil was trading at approximately $74.75 per barrel early Thursday. Meanwhile, gold prices hovered, with an ounce priced at $2,046.65.
Most Read News
- Israel arrests 18 more Palestinians in West Bank raids
- Moldova's vote on EU membership down to slim margins
- US, Canadian warships sail through Taiwan Strait
- Trump takes aim at Harris with fast-food chain
- Japan, UK, Italy agree to step up development of
- Vietnam picks military general Luong Cuong as new presid
- Elon Musk unveils $1M daily lottery to boost swing-state
- North Korean troops joining Russia in Ukraine 'would
- EU commissioners call on member states to 'urgently'
- At least 29 killed as Israel intensifies its onslaught