By Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey’s benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 1,549.53 points, raising by 0.87%.
Starting the day at 1,549.04 points, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was up by 13.34 points from Monday’s close of 1,536.19 points.
One ounce of gold sold for $1,860.60 by market close on Tuesday, up from $1,850.10 at Monday's close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $56.1 per barrel as of 6.00 p.m. local time (1500GMT) on Tuesday.
| Exchange Rates | Monday | Tuesday |
| USD/TRY | 7.5140 | 7.5070 |
| EUR/TRY | 9.1280 | 9.1140 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.1490 | 10.2190 |