Turkish stock exchange opens Tuesday on high note

By Tuba Ongun

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at 8,512.55 points, up 0.48%, or 40.85 points, from the previous close.

On Monday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed at 8,471.70 points, a hike of 1.50%, with a daily trading volume of 115 billion liras ($3.78 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 30.3605 as of 09.50 a.m. local time (0650GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 32.8677, while a British pound traded for 38.5500 liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $82.12 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $2,051.90.