Turkish stocks up 2.55% at Thursday's open
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Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 4,849.57 points on Thursday, up by 2.55%, or 120.69 points, from the previous close. Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell a sharp 5.19% to close Wednesday at 4,728.88, with a daily trading volume of 94.59 billion Turkish liras ($5.03 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 18.7839 as of 10.07 a.m. local time (0707GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 20.2090, and a British pound traded for 22.8117 Turkish liras.
Brent crude oil was selling for around $82.62 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was at $1,886.40.
