Istanbul stocks open the session flat after major crash
File photo shows the interior of Borsa İstanbul headquarters, Türkiye's stock exchange, with multiple digital screens displaying market data and branding in Istanbul, Türkiye. (AA Photo)
Borsa Istanbul’s benchmark index, the BIST 100, opened slightly lower on Thursday, declining by 0.21% to 9,839.83, following a massive sell-off that plummeted the market by 8.72% to below the 10,000 mark.
While the banking index lost 1.68% in value, the holding index remained flat. Among sector indices, mining was the top gainer, rising by 1.37%, while financial leasing and factoring recorded the biggest loss, down 1.86%.
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