Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Transport and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 18.06% or 0.260 points to trade at 1.700 at the close. Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) added 6.81% or 0.44 points to end at 6.90 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) was up 5.63% or 1.98 points to 37.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL), which lost 4.86% or 0.400 points to trade at 7.830 in late trade. Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) declined 2.84% or 0.24 points to end at 8.20 and Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC) shed 2.74% or 0.080 points to 2.840.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 130 and 83 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1268.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.16% or 1.05 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 0.97 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.09% to 3.0560, while EUR/TRY fell 0.11% to 3.4224.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.22.