Türkiye's Borsa Istanbul Up At Opening Session

Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened at 2,545.35 points on Tuesday, increasing 0.64%, or 16.1 points, from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index fell by 0.97% to close at 2,529.26 points on Monday, with a daily trading volume of 30.7 billion Turkish liras ($1.8 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 16.6194 as of 10.30 a.m. local time (0730GMT), from 16.5400 at the previous close.

The euro/lira exchange rate increased to 17.5970 from 17.5310, while a British pound traded for 20.3840 Turkish liras, down from 20.4060 at the previous close.

Brent crude oil was sold for around $112.7 per barrel, while the price of an ounce of gold was $1,828.05. -