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 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which rose 13.56% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.670 at the close. Meanwhile, Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) added 6.47% or 0.150 points to end at 2.470 and Karsan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARSN) was up 3.45% or 0.050 points to 1.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DO & Co AG (IS:DOCO), which fell 3.94% or 6.60 points to trade at 161.10 at the close. Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (IS:EREGL) declined 1.83% or 0.150 points to end at 8.050 and Soda Sanayi AS (IS:SODA) was down 1.59% or 0.080 points to 4.960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 215 to 132 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in DO & Co AG (IS:DOCO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.94% or 6.60 to 161.10.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.07 to $1275.83 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.97 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.13% to 3.5760, while EUR/TRY rose 0.27% to 4.2065.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.31.