Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Transport and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.98% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD), which rose 6.75% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (IS:EREGL) added 4.93% or 0.320 points to end at 6.810 and Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) was up 4.92% or 0.530 points to 11.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which fell 2.50% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.390 at the close. Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO) declined 2.15% or 0.94 points to end at 42.74 and Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) was down 1.58% or 0.14 points to 8.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 204 to 144 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.75% or 0.110 to 1.740. Shares in Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (IS:EREGL) rose to all time highs; rising 4.93% or 0.320 to 6.810. Shares in Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.92% or 0.530 to 11.300.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 3.67 to $1250.57 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.70% or 0.31 to hit $44.55 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.39 to trade at $47.31 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.26% to 3.5175, while EUR/TRY fell 0.03% to 3.9993.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.