Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Information Technology and Textile & Leather sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.84% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME), which rose 4.37% or 0.090 points to trade at 2.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Tat Konserve (IS:TATGD) added 4.04% or 0.220 points to end at 5.670 and Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) was up 3.60% or 1.800 points to 51.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aksa Enerji (IS:AKSEN), which fell 1.44% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.730 at the close. Celebi (IS:CLEBI) declined 1.18% or 0.26 points to end at 21.72 and Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) was down 1.03% or 0.010 points to 0.960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 211 to 114 and 79 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.18% or 13.45 to $1129.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.06% or 0.56 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 0.85 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.17% to 3.5271, while EUR/TRY fell 0.40% to 3.6616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 103.40.