Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Textile & Leather and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC), which rose 3.22% or 0.59 points to trade at 18.90 at the close. Petkim (IS:PETKM) added 3.00% or 0.140 points to end at 4.800 and Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret D (IS:KRDMD) was up 2.68% or 0.030 points to 1.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL), which lost 3.94% or 0.77 points to trade at 18.79 in late trade. Alarko Gmyo (IS:ALGYO) declined 3.65% or 1.66 points to end at 43.86 and Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) shed 3.65% or 0.070 points to 1.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 176 to 157 and 74 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.20% or 2.45 to $1200.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.72% or 0.82 to hit $48.54 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 0.78 to trade at $51.70 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.49% to 3.7233, while EUR/TRY fell 0.26% to 3.9585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 101.38.