Turkey's Borsa Istanbul up at Thursday opening

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11:0128/11/2019, Thursday
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BIST 100 index up 240 points from previous close

Turkey's benchmark stock index started Thursday at 106,084.66 points with a daily rise of 0.21%, or 240.49 points.

On Wednesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index slipped by 0.13% to close the day at 105,844.17 points with a daily trading volume of 8.6 billion Turkish liras (some $1.49billion).

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 5.7770 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Thursday, compared to 5.7780 at Wednesday's close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 6.3660, versus 6.3560, and one British pound traded for 7.4970 Turkish liras, versus 7.4480 at the previous close.

One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $62.82 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).

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