Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Banking and Metal Products & Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC), which rose 17.83% or 0.41 points to trade at 2.71 at the close. Aksa (IS:AKSA) added 16.02% or 1.65 points to end at 11.95 and Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) was up 5.54% or 8.00 points to 152.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ittifak Holding (IS:ITTFH), which lost 1.96% or 0.05 points to trade at 2.50 in late trade. Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) declined 1.93% or 0.80 points to end at 40.60 and Alarko Gmyo (IS:ALGYO) shed 1.72% or 0.45 points to 25.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 299 to 109 and 9 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.39% or 4.60 to $1198.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.85% or 0.49 to hit $57.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.81 to trade at $62.63 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.50% to 2.6852, while EUR/TRY fell 0.44% to 2.8880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 98.08.