ANKARA  

The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Friday at 8,939.40 points, a slight decline of 0.08% or 6.73 points from the previous close.

On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 0.95% to close the day at 8,946.13 points with a transaction volume of 80 billion liras ($2.32 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 34.3654 as of 09.58 a.m. (0658GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.0312, and the GBP/TRY rate was 44.5631.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,694.70, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $75.09.