Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 2.06% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA), which rose 13.15% or 0.430 points to trade at 3.700 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 11.49% or 0.300 points to end at 2.910 and Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAL) was up 9.93% or 2.06 points to 22.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO), which lost 1.49% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.660 in late trade. Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) declined 1.43% or 0.170 points to end at 11.720 and Logo Yazilim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:LOGO) shed 1.31% or 0.750 points to 56.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 214 to 138 and 54 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.21 to $1213.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.71% or 0.76 to hit $45.16 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 0.77 to trade at $47.65 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.43% to 3.6241, while EUR/TRY rose 0.68% to 4.1433.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.73.