ANKARA

The Turkish benchmark stock index opened Tuesday at 9,713.21 points, rising 0.33% or 32.10 points from the previous close.

On Monday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index increased 0.3% to close the day at 9,681.11 points with a transaction volume of 81 billion Turkish liras ($2.33 billion).

The US dollar/Turkish lira (USD/TRY) exchange rate was 34.7476 as of 10.16 a.m. (0716GMT), the EUR/TRY rate stood at 36.4660, and the GBP/TRY rate was 43.9808.

The price of one ounce of gold was $2,670.01, and the barrel price of Brent oil was around $72.15.