ANKARA
Turkey’s benchmark stock index fell by 0.22%, or 231.49 points, to start the week at 102,921.71 points on Monday.
On Friday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index decreased 0.38% to 103,153.20 points with a daily trading volume of 9.3 billion Turkish liras ($1.6 billion).
The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 5.7730 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Monday, compared to 5.7550 at the last week’s close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate increased to 6.3660, versus 6.3450, and one British pound traded for 7.4050 Turkish liras, while it was 7.3830 at the previous close.
