Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Sports and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS), which rose 20.00% or 0.660 points to trade at 3.960 at the close. Kartonsan Karton Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARTN) added 11.76% or 32.30 points to end at 307.00 and Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:EKGYO) was up 10.56% or 0.170 points to 1.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI), which lost 9.06% or 2.24 points to trade at 22.48 in late trade. ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi AS (IS:ENKAI) declined 7.62% or 0.400 points to end at 4.850 and Petkim Petrokimya Holding AS (IS:PETKM) shed 7.59% or 0.470 points to 5.720.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 344 to 52 and 13 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.50 to $1203.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.22 to trade at $72.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 6.09% to 6.4690, while EUR/TRY fell 6.58% to 7.3437.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 96.54.