Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate Investments, Wood, Paper & Printing and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Pegasus (IS:PGSUS), which rose 7.09% or 0.910 points to trade at 13.750 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 6.10% or 0.050 points to end at 0.870 and Kartonsan (IS:KARTN) was up 5.37% or 13.10 points to 256.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which lost 2.91% or 1.02 points to trade at 34.00 in late trade. Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) declined 2.68% or 0.030 points to end at 1.090 and Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC) shed 2.01% or 0.060 points to 2.930.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 108 and 71 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.70% or 8.85 to $1271.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.92% or 1.47 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.44% or 1.26 to trade at $52.94 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.92% to 3.0668, while EUR/TRY fell 1.05% to 3.3637.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.91.