Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transport and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.70%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which rose 4.88% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Gayrimenkul Proje Gelistirme ve Ticaret AS (IS:IHLGM) added 4.88% or 0.040 points to end at 0.860 and Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI) was up 4.17% or 2.55 points to 63.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN), which fell 2.86% or 13.10 points to trade at 444.70 at the close. Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO) declined 2.22% or 0.41 points to end at 18.10 and MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK) was down 2.07% or 0.25 points to 11.83.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 245 to 99 and 62 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.03% or 13.35 to $1277.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $63.63 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.27 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.26% to 5.7849, while EUR/TRY fell 0.38% to 6.5329.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.632.