Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Holdings & Investments, Food & Beverages and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO), which rose 17.02% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) added 6.45% or 1.19 points to end at 19.65 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was up 5.93% or 0.080 points to 1.430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT), which fell 3.85% or 0.210 points to trade at 5.240 at the close. Bagfas Bandirma Gubre Fabrikalari AS (IS:BAGFS) declined 2.51% or 0.18 points to end at 6.99 and Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) was down 2.19% or 0.10 points to 4.46.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 214 to 119 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.45% or 1.19 to 19.65.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1217.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.83% or 2.65 to hit $66.52 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.42% or 2.55 to trade at $72.10 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.20% to 5.2915, while EUR/TRY rose 1.18% to 6.1405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.04.