By Yunus Girgin
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 1,570.42 points, up 0.96%.
Starting the day at 1,561.78 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index increased 14.95 points over Monday's close at 1,555.47 points.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1.733,90 by market close, up from $1,732.30 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $67.90 per barrel as of 6.10 p.m. local time (1510GMT) on Tuesday.
| Exchange Rates | Monday | Tuesday |
| USD/TRY | 7.5460 | 7.4970 |
| EUR/TRY | 8.9920 | 8.9320 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.4790 | 10.4410 |