ISTANBUL 

Turkey's benchmark stock index opened at 1,466.57 points on Monday, increasing 0.39% or 5.71 points from the previous close.

At the last week's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up by 0.29% at 1,460.86 points, with a daily trading volume of 15.17 billion Turkish liras ($1.81 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate dropped to 8.3400 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Monday, from 8.4000.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also decreased to 10.0900 versus 10.1700, while one British pound traded for 11.7800 Turkish liras, down from 11.8600.

One barrel of Brent crude oil was sold for $73.10 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).