Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Non-Metal Mineral Products and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Good-Year (IS:GOODY), which rose 19.99% or 15.70 points to trade at 94.25 at the close. Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) added 9.80% or 5.000 points to end at 56.000 and Goltas Cimento (IS:GOLTS) was up 8.33% or 6.75 points to 87.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which lost 2.56% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.520 in late trade. Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) declined 2.31% or 0.50 points to end at 21.10 and Soda Sanayii (IS:SODA) shed 2.18% or 0.110 points to 4.930.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 181 to 161 and 68 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.56% or 6.90 to $1228.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.17% or 1.25 to hit $38.14 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.74% or 1.12 to trade at $39.75 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.17% to 2.8639, while EUR/TRY fell 0.13% to 3.2083.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.90.