Tuba Sahin
03 January 2022•Update: 03 January 2022
ANKARA
Turkey's benchmark stock index opened the first trading day of 2022 at 1,871.25 points on Monday, a rise of 0.73% or 13.59 points from the previous close.
BIST 100 index was down 0.32% on Friday, ending last year at 1,857.65 points, with a daily trading volume of 16.7 billion Turkish liras ($1.2 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 13.6800 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 13.4570 at the previous close.
The euro/lira exchange rate climbed to 15.6950 from 15.2680, while a British pound traded for 18.6000 liras, up from 18.2640.
Brent crude oil was sold for around $78.4 per barrel as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).
