Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 2.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL), which rose 8.07% or 2.06 points to trade at 27.58 at the close. Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) added 6.43% or 0.42 points to end at 6.95 and Kordsa Global Endustriyel Iplik ve Kord Bezi Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KORDS) was up 5.61% or 0.43 points to 8.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:ERBOS), which lost 4.12% or 3.15 points to trade at 73.30 in late trade. ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) declined 3.43% or 0.160 points to end at 4.510 and ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) shed 3.37% or 0.190 points to 5.450.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 225 to 125 and 57 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 2.80 to $1220.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.43% or 0.30 to hit $69.31 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.69 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.41% to 5.2549, while EUR/TRY fell 1.06% to 6.0956.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 94.96.