Gokhan Ergocun
June 28, 2021•Update: June 28, 2021
ISTANBUL
Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,395.16 points on Monday, up 0.24% or 3.30 points from the previous close.
At last week’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was down 1.34% at 1,391.86 points, with a daily trading volume of 10.49 billion Turkish liras ($1.2 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 8.7300 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Monday, versus 8.7310 at last week’s close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 10.4100 from 10.4400, while one British pound traded for 12.1400 Turkish liras, down from 12.2400.
One barrel of Brent crude oil was sold for $75.40 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).
