Turkish stock exchange down at open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at 8,702.35 points, down by 0.18% or 15.77 points versus the previous close.

At the previous close, the BIST 100 index fell by 1.25% to 8,718.11 points with a daily transaction volume of 72 billion Turkish liras ($2.23 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 32.3350 as of 10.20 a.m. (0720GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 35.1815, while the GBP/TRY rate was 41.0850.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,155.50, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $87.05.