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The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Monday at 10,701.24 points, up by 0.23% or 24.58 points from the previous close.
On Friday, the BIST 100 index fell by 1.07% to 10,676.65 points with a daily transaction volume of 89 billion Turkish liras ($2.76 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 32.1840 as of 10.20 a.m. (0720GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 34.9440, while the GBP/TRY rate was 40.0180.
The price of one ounce of gold was $2,340.95, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $82.05.
