Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Food & Beverages and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Kerevitas Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KERVT), which rose 12.84% or 0.19 points to trade at 1.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE) added 5.29% or 0.180 points to end at 3.580 and Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) was up 4.57% or 0.84 points to 19.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ), which fell 2.30% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.850 at the close. MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK) declined 2.03% or 0.26 points to end at 12.55 and Cemas Dokum Sanayi AS (IS:CEMAS) was down 1.35% or 0.010 points to 0.730.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 250 to 96 and 59 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.60% or 7.85 to $1309.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.54% or 0.35 to hit $64.05 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $70.78 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.02% to 5.6907, while EUR/TRY rose 0.19% to 6.4177.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.547.