Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Holdings & Investments and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 2.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 14.80% or 0.370 points to trade at 2.870 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 9.39% or 0.200 points to end at 2.330 and Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA) was up 8.97% or 28.00 points to 340.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 3.70% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.270 in late trade. Anadolu Isuzu (IS:ASUZU) declined 3.61% or 0.75 points to end at 20.00 and Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC) shed 2.06% or 0.45 points to 21.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 301 to 106 and 9 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.33% or 3.90 to $1190.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.73% or 1.06 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 1.27 to trade at $64.22 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.32% to 2.6816, while EUR/TRY rose 1.46% to 3.0265.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.78% at 95.25.