Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Sports, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Besiktas Futbol Yatirimlari Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BJKAS), which rose 12.42% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.810 at the close. Meanwhile, Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI) added 10.79% or 6.80 points to end at 69.80 and Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY) was up 9.93% or 0.15 points to 1.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which fell 5.88% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.480 at the close. Arcelik AS (IS:ARCLK) declined 4.17% or 0.78 points to end at 17.93 and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:AKSA) was down 3.46% or 0.30 points to 8.37.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 183 to 166 and 58 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.05 to $1279.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.68% or 0.45 to hit $65.85 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $74.53 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.85% to 5.8775, while EUR/TRY rose 0.54% to 6.5772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.477.