Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Telecoms and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tumosan Motor ve Traktor Sanayi AS (IS:TMSN), which rose 13.15% or 0.860 points to trade at 7.400 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 7.94% or 0.500 points to end at 6.800 and Nurol Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:NUGYO) was up 7.11% or 0.320 points to 4.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD), which lost 3.65% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.640 in late trade. Banvit Bandirma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi AS (IS:BANVT) declined 2.03% or 0.520 points to end at 25.140 and Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi AS (IS:IZMDC) shed 1.70% or 0.060 points to 3.470.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 223 to 132 and 51 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.23% or 16.09 to $1286.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.89% or 0.46 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.51 to trade at $57.31 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.87% to 3.6782, while EUR/TRY rose 0.50% to 4.3243.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.48.