ANKARA

Türkiye's benchmark stock index closed Tuesday at 9,672.75 points, rising 0.48% from the previous close.

Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 46.19 points with a daily transaction volume of 60.5 billion liras ($1.72 billion).

The price of an ounce of gold was $2,625.39, while Brent crude oil sold for around $73.33 per barrel as of 6:24 p.m. local time (1524GMT).

The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate was 35.2602, the euro/lira exchange rate was 36.6582, and the British pound traded at 44.4435 liras.