By Yunus Girgin
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's benchmark stock index rose 2.12% to close Monday at 1,556.77 points.
After starting the week at 1,525.03 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index gained 32.28 points from 1,524.49 points at the previous close.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $55 per barrel as of 6.00 p.m. local time (1500GMT) on Monday.
| Exchange Rates | Friday | Monday |
| USD/TRY | 7.4920 | 7.4990 |
| EUR/TRY | 9.0710 | 9.0520 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.2220 | 10.1890 |
