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Turkish stocks flat at Thursday's open

BIST 100 index marginally up by 0.72 points from previous close

10:49 - 2/09/2021 Thursday
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Borsa Istanbul

Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,474.85 points on Thursday, posting a slight rise of 0.05%, or 0.72 points, from the previous close.

At Wednesday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index rose 0.14% at 1,474.13 points, with a daily trading volume of 13.5 billion liras ($1.6 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 8.2900 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 8.2920 on Wednesday.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate decreased to 9.8150 from 9.8210, while one British pound traded for 11.4250 Turkish liras, down from 11.4630 at Wednesday’s close.

One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $71.4 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).

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