Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Metals and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE), which rose 8.41% or 0.780 points to trade at 10.060 at the close. AK Enerji (IS:AKENR) added 6.32% or 0.060 points to end at 1.010 and Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN) was up 5.27% or 0.250 points to 4.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which lost 2.32% or 0.58 points to trade at 24.38 in late trade. Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR) declined 2.19% or 0.080 points to end at 3.580 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) shed 1.65% or 0.23 points to 13.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 258 to 92 and 59 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.42% or 19.25 to $1337.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.02% or 1.80 to hit $46.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 4.24% or 1.96 to trade at $48.21 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.33% to 2.8948, while EUR/TRY fell 0.21% to 3.2062.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.46.