Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tumosan Motor Ve Traktor (IS:TMSN), which rose 7.61% or 0.450 points to trade at 6.360 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 6.67% or 0.170 points to end at 2.720 and Aselsan (IS:ASELS) was up 6.48% or 0.95 points to 15.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which lost 19.15% or 3.60 points to trade at 15.20 in late trade. Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ) declined 1.54% or 0.010 points to end at 0.640 and Sekerbank (IS:SKBNK) shed 1.30% or 0.020 points to 1.520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 89 and 12 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.70 to $1095.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.58% or 0.75 to hit $48.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.23 to trade at $53.70 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.49% to 2.7580, while EUR/TRY fell 0.81% to 3.0494.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.79.