ANKARA: The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Wednesday at 9,757.77 points, a slight rise of 0.09% or 9.02 points from the previous close. On Tuesday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index hiked 1.91% to close the day at 9,748.75 points with a transaction volume of 76.3 billion liras ($2.24 billion). The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 34.0410 as of 09.53 a.m. (0653GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.9547, and the GBP/TRY rate was 45.0352. The price of one ounce of gold was $2,542.35, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $78.71. Source: Anadolu Agency