Turkiye's BIST 100 index up at Tuesday open

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 2,498.11 points on Tuesday, rising 15.51 points, or 0.62%, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up 0.41% to end Monday at 2,482.60 points, with a daily trading volume of 43.9 billion Turkish liras ($3 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 14.7860 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT), up from 14.7810 at Monday's close.

The euro/lira exchange rate fell to 15.8162 from 15.8420, while a British pound traded for 18.8023 liras, down from 18.8660 at the last close.

Brent crude oil was sold for around $102.72 per barrel as of 10 a.m. local time, while the ounce price of gold was at $1,904.30.