Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate Investments, Holdings & Investments and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL), which rose 13.73% or 2.52 points to trade at 20.88 at the close. Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR) added 6.47% or 0.180 points to end at 2.960 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 6.22% or 0.130 points to 2.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcelik (IS:ARCLK), which lost 6.64% or 1.56 points to trade at 21.94 in late trade. Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS Class A (IS:ALCTL) declined 4.97% or 0.400 points to end at 7.650 and Eregli Demir Celik (IS:EREGL) shed 3.21% or 0.190 points to 5.730.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 139 and 72 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.35 to $1235.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.30% or 0.69 to hit $52.32 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.56 to trade at $55.16 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.34% to 3.7336, while EUR/TRY rose 0.77% to 3.9905.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 100.40.