Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which rose 10.42% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.530 at the close. Sise Cam (IS:SISE) added 4.96% or 0.140 points to end at 2.960 and Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) was up 4.32% or 0.79 points to 19.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 4.35% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.220 in late trade. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 3.41% or 0.030 points to end at 0.850 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) shed 2.35% or 0.020 points to 0.830.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 212 to 193 and 9 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.26% or 13.40 to $1075.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.12% or 1.54 to hit $35.81 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.67% or 1.03 to trade at $37.70 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.25% to 2.9575, while EUR/TRY fell 0.33% to 3.2330.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.29.