Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO), which rose 6.52% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Ittifak Holding AS (IS:ITTFH) added 5.63% or 0.270 points to end at 5.070 and MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK) was up 5.58% or 0.66 points to 12.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Gayrimenkul Proje Gelistirme ve Ticaret AS (IS:IHLGM), which fell 3.49% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.830 at the close. Indeks Bilgisayar Sistemleri Muhendislik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:INDES) declined 2.68% or 0.190 points to end at 6.890 and Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) was down 2.33% or 0.010 points to 0.420.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 239 to 100 and 67 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.25 to $1275.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $64.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.81 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.40% to 5.7429, while EUR/TRY fell 0.26% to 6.4875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.667.