Turkish stocks flat at open

ANKARA

Türkiye’s benchmark stock index opened Thursday at 4,492.19 points, down by 0.05%, or 2.29 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index closed Wednesday at 4,494.48 points, losing 0.92%, with a daily trading volume of 45 billion Turkish liras ($2.31 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 19.5490 as of 09.56 a.m. local time (0656GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 21.3926, while a British pound traded for 24.6270 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $76.60 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $2,035.15.