Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Textile & Leather and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel (IS:VESTL), which rose 19.83% or 0.940 points to trade at 5.680 at the close. Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) added 14.11% or 1.700 points to end at 13.750 and Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) was up 7.10% or 0.110 points to 1.660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which lost 5.09% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.15 in late trade. Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) declined 4.62% or 0.11 points to end at 2.27 and Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN) shed 4.48% or 13.50 points to 288.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 223 to 180 and 8 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.26% or 3.00 to $1175.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $48.38 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.27% to 2.8979, while EUR/TRY fell 0.02% to 3.2915.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.82.