Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Sports and Real Estate Investments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which rose 21.09% or 1.47 points to trade at 8.44 at the close. Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA) added 8.12% or 31.00 points to end at 413.00 and Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) was up 5.66% or 0.600 points to 11.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which lost 1.59% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.630 in late trade. Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ) declined 1.45% or 0.010 points to end at 0.680 and Is Gmyo (IS:ISGYO) shed 1.21% or 0.020 points to 1.630.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 286 to 115 and 16 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.32% or 3.80 to $1172.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.33% or 0.81 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.61% or 1.03 to trade at $63.41 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.07% to 2.6781, while EUR/TRY rose 0.07% to 2.9953.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.66.