Turkish stock exchange begins Tuesday with another record

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at the new all-time high of 11,489.07 points, up 0.1%, or 11.27 points, from the previous close.

On Monday, the BIST 100 soared 0.93% to the previous record high of 11,477.80 points, with a daily transaction volume of 142.9 billion Turkish liras ($3.48 billion).

As of 09.50 am local time (0650GMT) Tuesday, exchange rates stood at 41.0150 Turkish liras to the US dollar, 47.7180 to the euro, and 55.2465 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $3,376.30, while Brent crude oil was trading at $67.85 per barrel.