Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.99% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 3.79% or 1.10 points to trade at 30.14 at the close. Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME) added 3.05% or 0.060 points to end at 2.030 and T.S.K.B. (IS:TSKB) was up 2.99% or 0.040 points to 1.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Soda Sanayii (IS:SODA), which lost 2.03% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.820 in late trade. Albaraka Turk (IS:ALBRK) declined 1.68% or 0.020 points to end at 1.170 and Coca Cola Icecek (IS:CCOLA) shed 1.36% or 0.46 points to 33.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 126 and 76 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.56% or 6.50 to $1159.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $52.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.09 to trade at $55.60 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.85% to 3.4983, while EUR/TRY rose 0.88% to 3.7232.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 100.97.