Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Wood, Paper & Printing, Leasing & Factoring and Sports sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Kartonsan (IS:KARTN), which rose 4.47% or 13.00 points to trade at 304.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 4.17% or 0.010 points to end at 0.240 and Good-Year (IS:GOODY) was up 3.62% or 2.85 points to 81.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which fell 8.66% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.160 at the close. Tekstilbank (IS:TEKST) declined 3.85% or 0.100 points to end at 2.500 and Migros Ticaret (IS:MGROS) was down 3.13% or 0.60 points to 18.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 202 to 195 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kartonsan (IS:KARTN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.47% or 13.00 to 304.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.58% or 17.10 to $1066.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.77% or 0.74 to hit $41.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 0.61 to trade at $43.95 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.44% to 2.8706, while EUR/TRY fell 0.91% to 3.0542.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 99.80.