Turkish stock exchange up at Tuesday's open

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at 9,238.59 points, gaining 0.46% or 42.18 points versus the previous close.

At Monday's closing session, the BIST 100 index dropped 0.71% to 9,184.66 points, with a daily transaction volume of 150 billion Turkish liras ($4.87 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 30.8900 as of 10.15 a.m. local time (0715GMT) and the EUR/TRY rate stood at 33.3090, while the GBP/TRY rate was 38.8920.

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,031.65 and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $83.50.