Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Transport and Basic Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 3.08%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 9.74% or 1.250 points to trade at 14.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL) added 7.62% or 0.080 points to end at 1.130 and Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) was up 7.37% or 0.280 points to 4.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL), which fell 0.64% or 0.16 points to trade at 24.94 at the close. BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (IS:BIMAS) declined 0.35% or 0.25 points to end at 70.85 and Afyon Cimento Sanayi TAS (IS:AFYON) was up 0.73% or 0.05 points to 6.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 348 to 40 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.80 to $1353.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.71% or 1.14 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.02 to trade at $72.60 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.66% to 4.0274, while EUR/TRY fell 1.66% to 4.9849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 89.35.