Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Sports and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN), which rose 5.63% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) added 5.03% or 0.37 points to end at 7.72 and T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) was up 4.10% or 0.36 points to 9.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which fell 7.18% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.680 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 3.45% or 0.010 points to end at 0.280 and Coca Cola Icecek (IS:CCOLA) was down 3.11% or 1.14 points to 35.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 170 to 149 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 5.03% or 0.37 to 7.72.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.51% or 19.55 to $1272.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.80% or 0.90 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 0.92 to trade at $49.73 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.05% to 2.9080, while EUR/TRY fell 0.33% to 3.2757.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 94.02.