Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul Up At Open

BIST 100 index gains nearly 18 points from previous close.

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 2,389.11 points on Wednesday, up 0.75%, or 17.86 points, from the previous close.
Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index dropped by 1.44% to 2,371.25 points at Tuesday's close, with a daily trading volume of 29.7 billion Turkish liras ($1.8 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 17.1591 as of 09.55 a.m. local time (0655GMT) from 16.9880 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate increased to 17.5728 from 17.4030, while a British pound traded for 20.4849 Turkish liras, up from 20.2750 at the previous close.
Brent crude oil was up 1.8% to $105.8 per barrel. -