The banking sector and holding sector indices gained value by 0.21 percent and 0.94 percent, respectively.

All sector indices rose upon opening -- the holding sector index was the best performer.

Turkey's benchmark stock index previously closed the day at 107,716.51 points with an 8.9-billion Turkish lira ($2.29 billion) trade volume on Wednesday.

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate increased to 3.8830 at 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) Thursday, compared with 3.8800 at Wednesday's close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 4.5840 at 9.30 a.m. local time Thursday, compared with 4.5930 at Wednesday's close.

Brent oil increased to $62.05 per barrel at 10.30 a.m. local time (0730GMT) compared with $61.52 at Wednesday's close