Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Textile & Leather and Holdings & Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel (IS:VESTL), which rose 19.83% or 0.940 points to trade at 5.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) added 14.11% or 1.700 points to end at 13.750 and Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) was up 7.10% or 0.110 points to 1.660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which fell 5.09% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.15 at the close. Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) declined 4.62% or 0.11 points to end at 2.27 and Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN) was down 4.48% or 13.50 points to 288.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 223 to 180 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.26% or 3.00 to $1175.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $46.06 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.21 to trade at $48.40 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.27% to 2.8980, while EUR/TRY fell 0.02% to 3.2914.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.82.