Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Tourism, Transport and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 19.86% or 1.170 points to trade at 7.060 at the close. Meanwhile, Tumosan Motor ve Traktor Sanayi AS (IS:TMSN) added 12.81% or 0.870 points to end at 7.660 and Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi AS (IS:OTKAR) was up 5.11% or 6.00 points to 123.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS), which fell 8.53% or 2.32 points to trade at 24.88 at the close. ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) declined 2.33% or 0.100 points to end at 4.200 and Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) was down 2.04% or 1.05 points to 50.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 236 to 107 and 58 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 8.06 to $1289.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.58% or 0.90 to hit $57.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.41 to trade at $62.98 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.49% to 3.9371, while EUR/TRY fell 0.10% to 4.6423.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 93.43.