Turkish stock exchange begins day with fresh record
People pass next to the board of the Borsa Istanbul stock exchange, Istanbul, Türkiye. (IHA File Photo)


Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened Tuesday with a fresh all-time high of 11,489.07 points, up 0.1%, or 11.27 points, from the previous close.

On Monday, the BIST 100 index surged 0.93% to a new record high of 11,477.80 points, with a daily transaction volume of TL 142.9 billion ($3.48 billion).

As of 9:50 a.m. local time (6:50 a.m. GMT) Tuesday, exchange rates stood at 41.0150 Turkish liras to the U.S. dollar, 47.7180 to the euro and 55.2465 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $3,376.30, while Brent crude oil was trading at $67.85 per barrel.