Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Tourism and Basic Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN), which rose 5.11% or 1.08 points to trade at 22.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Ittifak Holding AS (IS:ITTFH) added 4.89% or 0.200 points to end at 4.290 and Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) was up 3.35% or 0.46 points to 14.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Soda Sanayi AS (IS:SODA), which fell 2.82% or 0.210 points to trade at 7.250 at the close. Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) declined 2.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.360 and ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) was down 1.89% or 0.030 points to 1.560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 214 to 133 and 60 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.15 to $1294.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.14 to trade at $69.23 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.05% to 5.6069, while EUR/TRY rose 0.39% to 6.3029.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.618.