Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR), which rose 6.48% or 0.190 points to trade at 3.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) added 4.75% or 0.340 points to end at 7.500 and Do-Co (IS:DOCO) was up 4.21% or 8.60 points to 213.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which fell 4.65% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.100 at the close. Petkim (IS:PETKM) declined 1.63% or 0.060 points to end at 3.620 and Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) was down 1.63% or 0.050 points to 3.010.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 206 to 133 and 67 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.76% or 8.95 to $1179.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.51% or 0.77 to hit $50.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.58 to trade at $53.35 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.87% to 3.3815, while EUR/TRY fell 1.45% to 3.6406.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 100.23.