Turkey’s benchmark stock index opened at 1,429.51 points on Tuesday, down 0.22% or 3.10 points from the previous close.
At Monday’s close, Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index was down 0.15% at 1,432.61 points, with a daily trading volume of 12.1 billion Turkish liras ($1.4 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate rose to 8.6630 as of 9:30 a.m. local time (0630GMT) on Tuesday, from 8.6380 at the previous close.
The euro/Turkish lira exchange rate also increased to 10.1680 from 10.1530, while one British pound traded for 11.9950 Turkish liras, slightly down from 12.0000.
One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $69.92 as of 10:10 a.m. local time (0710GMT).
Source: Anadolu Agency