Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Leasing & Factoring sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF), which rose 11.46% or 0.33 points to trade at 3.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO) added 10.98% or 0.090 points to end at 0.910 and Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) was up 9.26% or 0.150 points to 1.770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAL), which fell 8.08% or 4.34 points to trade at 49.36 at the close. Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS) declined 5.23% or 1.280 points to end at 23.200 and Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) was down 5.05% or 0.880 points to 16.550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 195 to 160 and 52 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1230.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.67% or 1.92 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.74% or 1.42 to trade at $79.99 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.73% to 5.5877, while EUR/TRY fell 2.04% to 6.4515.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 95.06.