Turkish stock exchange begins Tuesday with another record high

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at an all-time high of 13,225.04 points, increasing by 0.36% or 47.72 points from the previous close.

On Monday, the BIST 100 soared 1.42% to close at 13,177.32 points, with a daily transaction volume of 192.4 billion liras ($4.43 billion).

As of 10 am local time (0700GMT), exchange rates stood at 43.3945 Turkish liras to the US dollar, 51.5535 to the euro, and 59.4180 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $5,086.10, while Brent crude oil was trading at $64.5 per barrel.