Türkiye’s benchmark BIST 100 index opened Friday at 11,237.83 points, falling 0.84% or 95.44 points from the previous close.
The index had closed Thursday down 1.26% at 11,333.27 points, with a daily transaction volume of 145 billion liras ($2.9 billion).
As of 09.58 am local time (0658GMT), the lira traded at 50.1578 against the US dollar, 56.1347 against the euro, and 67.3404 against the British pound.
Gold was priced at $4,058.17 per ounce, while Brent crude oil futures stood at $99.69 per barrel.