Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Sports and Textile & Leather sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO), which rose 10.61% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.730 at the close. Meanwhile, ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi AS (IS:ENKAI) added 10.54% or 0.490 points to end at 5.140 and Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) was up 9.45% or 28.60 points to 331.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alkim Alkali Kimya AS (IS:ALKIM), which fell 2.53% or 0.51 points to trade at 19.63 at the close. Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL) declined 2.27% or 0.030 points to end at 1.290 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was down 1.79% or 0.020 points to 1.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 2.60 to $1202.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.19% or 2.10 to hit $67.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.86% or 2.08 to trade at $74.71 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.52% to 6.0464, while EUR/TRY fell 0.34% to 7.0109.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.04.