Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Tourism, Basic Metals and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tat Gida Sanayi AS (IS:TATGD), which rose 6.63% or 0.260 points to trade at 4.180 at the close. Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO) added 5.34% or 0.110 points to end at 2.170 and Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Uretim AS (IS:ZOREN) was up 4.72% or 0.060 points to 1.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS (IS:SAHOL), which lost 5.08% or 0.40 points to trade at 7.48 in late trade. Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) declined 4.50% or 0.33 points to end at 7.00 and Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) shed 2.74% or 0.22 points to 7.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 177 to 168 and 61 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1242.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.10% or 1.12 to hit $54.37 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.92% or 1.19 to trade at $63.27 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.18% to 5.3232, while EUR/TRY fell 1.18% to 6.0424.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.985.