Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which rose 19.78% or 0.72 points to trade at 4.36 at the close. Goltas Goller Bolgesi Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GOLTS) added 15.52% or 5.66 points to end at 42.14 and Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) was up 5.86% or 0.340 points to 6.140 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which lost 3.33% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.290 in late trade. Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (IS:AKSEN) declined 3.08% or 0.100 points to end at 3.150 and ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) shed 2.31% or 0.060 points to 2.540.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 218 to 133 and 56 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1203.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.39% or 2.63 to hit $57.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.14% or 2.90 to trade at $67.22 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.68% to 5.5061, while EUR/TRY rose 1.26% to 6.2138.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.06.