By Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index fell 1.26% to end Tuesday at 1,542.82 points.
Starting the day at 1,569.45 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index shed 19.67 points from 1,562.49 points at Monday’s close.
One ounce of gold sold for $1,819.50 by market close, up from $1,818.00, according to data from Borsa Istanbul’s Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent oil was around $63.10 per barrel as of 6:10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Tuesday, with a daily range between $62.70 and $63.70.
| Exchange Rates | Monday | Tuesday |
| USD/TRY | 6.9550 | 7.0000 |
| EUR/TRY | 8.4360 | 8.4720 |
| GBP/TRY | 9.7030 | 9.7480 |