Turkish stock exchange up at open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at 10,767.34 points, up 0.26% or 27.76 points over the previous close.

At Monday's close, the BIST 100 index rose by 0.9% to a historical high close of 10,643.58 points, with a daily transaction volume of 122.7 billion Turkish liras ($3.8 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 32.2165 as of 10.05 a.m. (0705GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 35.0250, while the GBP/TRY rate was 40.9570.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,411.40, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $82.95.