Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Holdings & Investments and Metal Products & Machinery sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.35%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which rose 10.71% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) added 6.45% or 0.200 points to end at 3.300 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was up 5.98% or 0.45 points to 7.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN), which fell 2.25% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.740 at the close. Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA) declined 1.89% or 0.030 points to end at 1.560 and Saf Gmyo (IS:SAFGY) was down 1.12% or 0.010 points to 0.880.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 303 to 52 and 54 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.50% or 6.65 to $1318.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.77% or 0.82 to hit $47.15 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.63% or 0.78 to trade at $48.55 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.34% to 2.8979, while EUR/TRY fell 1.15% to 3.2018.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.42.