Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Wood, Paper & Printing and Textile & Leather sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ), which rose 13.33% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.360 at the close. Meanwhile, ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) added 8.19% or 0.370 points to end at 4.890 and GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO) was up 7.69% or 0.050 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (IS:TUPRS), which fell 5.97% or 6.80 points to trade at 107.10 at the close. Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi AS (IS:OTKAR) declined 1.41% or 1.05 points to end at 73.55 and Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (IS:EREGL) was down 1.34% or 0.140 points to 10.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 326 to 52 and 31 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1256.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.26% or 2.30 to hit $72.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.40% or 1.83 to trade at $77.97 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.26% to 4.6264, while EUR/TRY fell 0.25% to 5.3633.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 94.79.