Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Sports and Real Estate Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which rose 21.09% or 1.47 points to trade at 8.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA) added 8.12% or 31.00 points to end at 413.00 and Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) was up 5.66% or 0.600 points to 11.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which fell 1.59% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.630 at the close. Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ) declined 1.45% or 0.010 points to end at 0.680 and Is Gmyo (IS:ISGYO) was down 1.21% or 0.020 points to 1.630.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 286 to 115 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA) rose to all time highs; up 8.12% or 31.00 to 413.00.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1172.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.33% or 0.81 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.59% or 1.02 to trade at $63.42 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.07% to 2.6782, while EUR/TRY rose 0.07% to 2.9952.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.66.