Turkish stock exchange up at open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index BIST 100 opened Tuesday at 9, 911.41 points, marking an increase of 0.24% or 23.66 points from the previous close.

On Monday, the BIST 100 index was down by 0.13% to 9,887.75 points, with a daily transaction volume of 68.99 billion Turkish liras ($2.66 billion).

As of 10.25 a.m. (0725GMT), the US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 34.1590, the EUR/TRY rate stood at 37.9995, while the GBP/TRY rate was 45.6040.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,628.99, and the price of Brent crude oil was around $74.10 per barrel.