Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Transport and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which rose 16.28% or 0.71 points to trade at 5.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE) added 14.98% or 0.370 points to end at 2.840 and ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) was up 10.00% or 0.700 points to 7.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Goltas Goller Bolgesi Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GOLTS), which fell 11.49% or 4.84 points to trade at 37.30 at the close. Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) declined 4.39% or 0.090 points to end at 1.960 and Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) was down 3.95% or 0.60 points to 14.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 189 to 166 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.00% or 0.700 to 7.700.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.26% or 3.10 to $1202.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.51% or 1.40 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.63% or 1.72 to trade at $67.19 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.16% to 5.4672, while EUR/TRY fell 0.04% to 6.1852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.89.