Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Metal Products & Machinery and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which rose 6.40% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.830 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 4.35% or 0.010 points to end at 0.230 and Gubre Fabrik. (IS:GUBRF) was up 4.03% or 0.30 points to 7.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which lost 4.03% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.190 in late trade. Tekstilbank (IS:TEKST) declined 3.64% or 0.080 points to end at 2.120 and Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) shed 3.57% or 0.020 points to 0.540.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 238 to 158 and 15 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.10 to $1091.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.01% or 0.91 to hit $46.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.49 to trade at $50.02 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.32% to 2.7715, while EUR/TRY fell 0.27% to 3.0373.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.52.