Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Banking and Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 3.51%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were EIS Eczacibasi Ilac Sinai ve Finansal Yatirimlar Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:ECILC), which rose 19.88% or 0.640 points to trade at 3.860 at the close. Meanwhile, Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) added 12.13% or 0.77 points to end at 7.12 and Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) was up 7.81% or 0.51 points to 7.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO), which fell 2.00% or 1.20 points to trade at 58.70 at the close. Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:ERBOS) declined 0.72% or 0.55 points to end at 76.20 and Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO) was down 0.55% or 0.12 points to 21.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 330 to 51 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 2.80 to $1228.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.43% or 0.98 to hit $69.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.65 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.04% to 4.8354, while EUR/TRY fell 1.18% to 5.6460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 94.37.