Turkey's Borsa Istanbul flat at Tuesday's open

ANKARA

Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,474.09 points on Tuesday, slightly falling by 0.04% or 0.63 points from the previous close.

At Monday’s close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 0.41% to hit 1,474.72 points, with a daily trading volume of 10.7 billion Turkish liras ($1.3 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate fell to 8.2750 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Tuesday from 8.2840 at the previous close.

The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 9.8250 versus 9.8360, while one British pound traded for 11.4640 Turkish liras, down from 11.4830.

One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $72.53 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).