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Turkish stock exchange looking up at weekly open

BIST 100 index rises 27.56 points at opening session

ANKARA Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Monday at 8,936.03 points, a rise of 0.31% or 27.

56 points from the previous close. On Friday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 0.40% to 8,908.

47 points, with a daily transaction volume of 60 billion liras ($1.74 billion). The market opened for a half-day on Monday for observance of the Republic Day holiday on Oct.

29. The USD/TRY exchange rate was 34.2984 as of 10.

01 a.m. (0701GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.

0220, and the GBP/TRY traded at 44.4307. The price of one ounce of gold was $2,752.

50, and the price of Brent crude oil was around $72.52 per barrel..