Borsa Istanbul flat at Thursday's open

ISTANBUL

Turkey's benchmark stock index opened on Thursday at 1,426.55 points, down 0.04% or 0.51 points from the previous close.

At Wednesday's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up 1.92% to 1,427.06 points, with a daily trading volume of 16.76 billion Turkish liras ($1.98 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 8.4500 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Thursday, from 8.4350.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 10.3200, versus 10.3220, while one British pound traded for 11.9400 Turkish liras, down from 11.9720.

One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $68.30 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).