ANKARA

The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 8,647.94 points, increasing 0.34% or 29.37 points from the previous close.

On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell 0.52% to close the day at 8,618.57 points with a transaction volume of 68 billion liras ($1.97 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 34.2625 as of 10.24 a.m. (0724GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 36.8526, and the GBP/TRY rate was 44.1209.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,733.85, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $74.44.