Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi AS (IS:TSKB), which rose 7.69% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) added 7.35% or 0.43 points to end at 6.28 and Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) was up 7.10% or 0.44 points to 6.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kartonsan Karton Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARTN), which fell 5.04% or 17.40 points to trade at 327.60 at the close. Soda Sanayi AS (IS:SODA) declined 2.06% or 0.150 points to end at 7.140 and BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (IS:BIMAS) was down 1.54% or 1.20 points to 76.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 239 to 107 and 60 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 6.00 to $1208.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.06% or 0.74 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $79.17 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.82% to 6.2691, while EUR/TRY fell 1.61% to 7.3330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.04.