Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Sports and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS), which rose 20.00% or 0.660 points to trade at 3.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Kartonsan Karton Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARTN) added 11.76% or 32.30 points to end at 307.00 and Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:EKGYO) was up 10.56% or 0.170 points to 1.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI), which fell 9.06% or 2.24 points to trade at 22.48 at the close. ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi AS (IS:ENKAI) declined 7.62% or 0.400 points to end at 4.850 and Petkim Petrokimya Holding AS (IS:PETKM) was down 7.59% or 0.470 points to 5.720.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 344 to 52 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) fell to all time lows; losing 9.06% or 2.24 to 22.48.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.50 to $1203.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.22 to trade at $72.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 6.08% to 6.4694, while EUR/TRY fell 6.56% to 7.3449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 96.53.