Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Wood, Paper & Printing, Basic Metals and Textile & Leather sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.79% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Alarko Holding (IS:ALARK), which rose 4.74% or 0.260 points to trade at 5.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) added 4.02% or 0.82 points to end at 21.20 and Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ) was up 3.90% or 0.030 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which fell 2.91% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.670 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 2.33% or 0.010 points to end at 0.420 and Do-Co (IS:DOCO) was down 2.24% or 5.30 points to 231.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 222 to 117 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alarko Holding (IS:ALARK) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 4.74% or 0.260 to 5.750.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1291.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.72% or 0.38 to hit $52.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.59 to trade at $54.77 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.86% to 3.6704, while EUR/TRY fell 0.30% to 3.9295.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 99.66.