Borsa Istanbul up at opening session

BIST 100 index earns around 2.5 points from previous close

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index opened at 1,180.92 points on Tuesday, increasing 0.22% or 2.57 points from the previous close.

At the previous close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up 1.09% at 1,178.35 points, with a daily trading volume of 22 billion Turkish liras ($2.8 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 7.8960 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), versus 7.8740 at the previous close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also increased to 9.3180 from 9.3000, while one British pound traded for 10.3320 Turkish liras, up from 10.3070.

One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $42 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).

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