Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which rose 7.69% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.420 at the close. T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) added 5.24% or 0.60 points to end at 12.06 and Aksa Enerji (IS:AKSEN) was up 3.96% or 0.120 points to 3.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME), which lost 6.45% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.610 in late trade. Ayen Enerji (IS:AYEN) declined 3.90% or 0.170 points to end at 4.190 and Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) shed 3.79% or 0.110 points to 2.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 177 to 166 and 64 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.11% or 1.35 to $1254.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.95% or 0.93 to hit $48.66 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 0.95 to trade at $51.85 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.28% to 3.6268, while EUR/TRY rose 0.16% to 3.9367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.14.