Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Services and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.99% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM), which rose 6.96% or 0.44 points to trade at 6.76 at the close. Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) added 6.14% or 0.070 points to end at 1.210 and ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) was up 5.84% or 0.250 points to 4.530 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Global Yatirim Holding AS (IS:GLYHO), which lost 2.74% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.620 in late trade. SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) declined 1.54% or 0.190 points to end at 12.180 and Anel Elektrik Proje Taahhut ve Ticaret AS (IS:ANELE) shed 1.53% or 0.060 points to 3.870.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 260 to 90 and 53 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 5.30 to $1337.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.54% or 0.98 to hit $64.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.04 to trade at $70.07 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.07% to 3.7772, while EUR/TRY rose 0.27% to 4.6437.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.95.