Turkish BIST 100 index opens week with gains

Turkey's benchmark stock index, the BIST 100, opened Monday on an upbeat note, reaching 8,056.72 points, a 0.38% increase, or 30.45 points higher than the previous close.

The index closed at 8,026.27 points on Friday, up by 0.98%, with a trading volume of 81 billion Turkish liras, roughly $2.8 billion. Currency rates saw the US dollar/Turkish lira exchange at 28.9412, the euro/lira at 31.4713, and the British pound at 36.6787 Turkish liras as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).

In commodities, Brent crude oil was trading around $78.12 per barrel, while gold was priced at $2,095.20 per ounce.