Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Sports and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL), which rose 8.05% or 0.81 points to trade at 10.87 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) added 7.69% or 0.060 points to end at 0.840 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 6.25% or 0.050 points to 0.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bim Magazalar (IS:BIMAS), which lost 5.72% or 3.20 points to trade at 52.75 in late trade. Borusan Mannesmann (IS:BRSAN) declined 4.27% or 0.38 points to end at 8.52 and Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) shed 3.03% or 1.400 points to 44.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 161 to 146 and 98 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.65 to $1350.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.43% or 0.20 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.22 to trade at $49.45 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.00% to 2.9289, while EUR/TRY fell 0.10% to 3.3009.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 94.86.