Turkish stocks up at opening session

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at 5,110.78 points, up by 0.36%, or 18.47 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index closed by rallying at Monday's close 5,092.31 points, up 3.4%, with a daily trading volume of 55 billion liras ($2.86 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 19.2760 as of 09.57 a.m. local time (0657GMT), the euro/lira exchange rate stood at 20.9770, while a British pound traded for 23.9320 Turkish liras.

Brent crude oil was selling for around $84.73 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $2,014.25.