Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Telecoms and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER), which rose 6.49% or 1.08 points to trade at 17.71 at the close. Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) added 6.22% or 0.42 points to end at 7.17 and Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) was up 4.27% or 0.23 points to 5.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR), which lost 2.18% or 0.070 points to trade at 3.140 in late trade. Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME) declined 2.18% or 0.050 points to end at 2.240 and Otokar (IS:OTKAR) shed 2.15% or 2.50 points to 113.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 199 to 122 and 83 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1222.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.86% or 1.67 to hit $44.99 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 3.49% or 1.55 to trade at $45.98 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.01% to 3.2900, while EUR/TRY fell 0.12% to 3.5292.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 100.24.