Borsa Istanbul Up At Thursday's Open

BIST 100 index gains around 3 points from previous close.

Turkey's benchmark stock index opened on Thursday at 1,423.07 points, increasing 0.22% or 3.07 points from the previous close.
At Wednesday's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up by 0.26% at 1,420.00 points, with a daily trading volume of 15.6 billion liras ($1.9 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate dropped to 8.3200 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Thursday, from 8.3460 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 10.0100, versus 10.0080, while one British pound traded for 11.5700 Turkish liras, up from 11.6260.
One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $69 as of 10 a.m. local time . -