Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Food & Beverages and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE), which rose 11.87% or 1.460 points to trade at 13.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE) added 5.38% or 0.120 points to end at 2.350 and Vestel (IS:VESTL) was up 2.81% or 0.200 points to 7.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret D (IS:KRDMD), which fell 2.84% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.370 at the close. Turk Traktor (IS:TTRAK) declined 2.44% or 2.10 points to end at 84.10 and Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) was down 2.36% or 0.030 points to 1.240.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 191 to 150 and 65 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.36% or 18.05 to $1344.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $44.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.60% or 0.76 to trade at $46.87 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.69% to 2.9268, while EUR/TRY rose 0.18% to 3.2896.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.83% at 94.95.