Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Transport and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS), which rose 4.67% or 1.180 points to trade at 26.440 at the close. TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) added 3.82% or 0.64 points to end at 17.41 and Banvit Bandirma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi AS (IS:BANVT) was up 3.68% or 0.670 points to 18.870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Afyon Cimento Sanayi TAS (IS:AFYON), which lost 4.79% or 0.43 points to trade at 8.55 in late trade. Polisan Holding AS (IS:POLHO) declined 2.05% or 0.160 points to end at 7.630 and Halk Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:HLGYO) shed 2.00% or 0.020 points to 0.980.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 145 and 60 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 3.04 to $1290.76 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $51.01 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $56.48 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.34% to 3.6619, while EUR/TRY fell 0.98% to 4.3406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.88.