Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Tourism, Textile & Leather and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which rose 5.51% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.340 at the close. Tat Konserve (IS:TATGD) added 3.92% or 0.210 points to end at 5.570 and Trakya Cam (IS:TRKCM) was up 3.79% or 0.100 points to 2.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which lost 43.56% or 0.440 points to trade at 0.570 in late trade. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) declined 1.89% or 0.020 points to end at 1.040 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) shed 1.47% or 0.10 points to 6.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 184 to 130 and 90 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.15 to $1208.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.25% or 0.12 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.23 to trade at $49.13 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.76% to 3.3876, while EUR/TRY rose 0.44% to 3.5918.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 101.23.