Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Information Technology and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.84% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME), which rose 4.37% or 0.090 points to trade at 2.150 at the close. Tat Konserve (IS:TATGD) added 4.04% or 0.220 points to end at 5.670 and Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) was up 3.60% or 1.800 points to 51.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aksa Enerji (IS:AKSEN), which lost 1.44% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.730 in late trade. Celebi (IS:CLEBI) declined 1.18% or 0.26 points to end at 21.72 and Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) shed 1.03% or 0.010 points to 0.960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 211 to 114 and 79 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 1.18% or 13.45 to $1129.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.06% or 0.56 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 0.85 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.17% to 3.5271, while EUR/TRY fell 0.40% to 3.6614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 103.41.