ANKARA

The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 9,196.02 points, decreasing 0.33% or 30.84 points from the previous close.

On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dropped 0.55% to close the day at 9,226.86 points with a transaction volume of 85 billion liras ($2.46 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 34.3847 as of 9.58 a.m. (0658GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 36.4946, and the GBP/TRY rate was 43.8174.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,611.20, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $72.04.