Turkish stock exchange looking up at Friday open

ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Friday at 9,274.48 points, up 0.35%, or 32.33 points, from the previous close.

On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed at a fresh record closing high of 9,242.15 points, rising 1.87%.

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 30.8070 as of 10.03 a.m. local time (0703GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 33.1593, while a British pound traded for 38.8048 liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $82.84 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $2,015.45.