Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate Investments, Wood, Paper & Printing and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Pegasus (IS:PGSUS), which rose 7.09% or 0.910 points to trade at 13.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 6.10% or 0.050 points to end at 0.870 and Kartonsan (IS:KARTN) was up 5.37% or 13.10 points to 256.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which fell 2.91% or 1.02 points to trade at 34.00 at the close. Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) declined 2.68% or 0.030 points to end at 1.090 and Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC) was down 2.01% or 0.060 points to 2.930.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 230 to 108 and 71 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.70% or 8.85 to $1271.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.92% or 1.47 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 1.27 to trade at $52.95 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.92% to 3.0667, while EUR/TRY fell 1.05% to 3.3636.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.91.