Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Tourism, Leasing & Factoring and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.80% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS), which rose 7.47% or 0.620 points to trade at 8.920 at the close. Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) added 6.17% or 0.050 points to end at 0.860 and Aygaz (IS:AYGAZ) was up 5.25% or 0.62 points to 12.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tumosan Motor Ve Traktor (IS:TMSN), which lost 3.99% or 0.340 points to trade at 8.180 in late trade. Gubre Fabrik. (IS:GUBRF) declined 2.48% or 0.13 points to end at 5.11 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) shed 2.17% or 0.39 points to 17.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 219 to 118 and 71 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.44% or 17.25 to $1213.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.15 to trade at $55.71 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.69% to 3.7782, while EUR/TRY rose 0.15% to 4.0405.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.03% at 100.48.