Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Technology and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 2.11% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 20.00% or 0.340 points to trade at 2.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 10.24% or 0.130 points to end at 1.400 and Nurol Gmyo (IS:NUGYO) was up 6.96% or 0.300 points to 4.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which fell 2.91% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.670 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 2.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.360 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) was down 2.53% or 0.76 points to 29.32.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 239 to 106 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metro Holding (IS:METRO) rose to 5-year highs; rising 10.24% or 0.130 to 1.400.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.79% or 9.85 to $1244.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $53.89 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $56.45 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.45% to 3.6635, while EUR/TRY rose 0.22% to 3.8666.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 101.72.