Turkey's Borsa Istanbul flat at Tuesday open

By Tuba Sahin

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,396.11 points on Tuesday, a slight rise of 0.12% or 1.74 points from the previous close.

At Monday’s close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was down 0.51% to 1,394.37 points, with a daily trading volume of 12.24 billion Turkish liras ($1.38 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 8.8650 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) from 8.8570 at the previous close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 10.2730 versus 10.3050, while one British pound traded for 12.0430 Turkish liras, down from 12.0640.

One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $78.83 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).