Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Electricity, Banking and Real Estate Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.23% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Aksa Enerji (IS:AKSEN), which rose 5.26% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Teknosa IC Ve Dis Ticaret (IS:TKNSA) added 5.16% or 0.380 points to end at 7.750 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) was up 4.82% or 0.150 points to 3.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ford Otosan (IS:FROTO), which fell 4.02% or 1.55 points to trade at 37.05 at the close. Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) declined 3.12% or 0.060 points to end at 1.860 and Soda Sanayii (IS:SODA) was down 3.06% or 0.200 points to 6.340.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 243 to 164 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.77% or 21.10 to $1213.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.63% or 0.38 to hit $61.13 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.84 to trade at $68.22 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.21% to 2.6309, while EUR/TRY rose 0.18% to 2.9926.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.17% at 93.59.