Türkiye's BIST 100 flat at Tuesday’s open

By Tuba Ongun

ANKARA(AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at 4,842.42 points, a slight rise of 0.06%, or 2.96 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed Monday at 4,839.46, up 0.55%, with a daily trading volume of 54 billion liras ($2.8 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was at 19.2112 as of 10.00 a.m. local time (0700GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 20.9654, while a British pound traded for 23.8792 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $85.45 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,998.55.