Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Banking and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Anadolu Isuzu (IS:ASUZU), which rose 10.67% or 2.00 points to trade at 20.75 at the close. Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME) added 5.73% or 0.18 points to end at 3.32 and Eregli Demir Celik (IS:EREGL) was up 4.27% or 0.180 points to 4.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 3.70% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.270 in late trade. Goltas Cimento (IS:GOLTS) declined 3.08% or 2.40 points to end at 75.50 and Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ) shed 2.94% or 0.020 points to 0.660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 224 to 180 and 11 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.31% or 3.70 to $1192.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.38% or 0.83 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.66 to trade at $65.53 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.02% to 2.6824, while EUR/TRY rose 1.82% to 2.9861.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.42% at 96.14.