Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Trabzonspor Sportif Yatirim ve Futbol Isletmeciligi Ticaret AS (IS:TSPOR), which rose 5.56% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) added 4.97% or 0.780 points to end at 16.480 and Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA) was up 4.45% or 0.130 points to 3.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tumosan Motor ve Traktor Sanayi AS (IS:TMSN), which fell 6.69% or 0.660 points to trade at 9.200 at the close. Coca-Cola Icecek AS (IS:CCOLA) declined 4.92% or 1.86 points to end at 35.98 and Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi AS (IS:OTKAR) was down 4.85% or 6.30 points to 123.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 178 to 173 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.97% or 0.780 to 16.480.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.10 to $1341.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.91% or 0.59 to hit $63.91 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.52 to trade at $68.00 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.72% to 3.7528, while EUR/TRY fell 0.30% to 4.6752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 88.73.