Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Electricity, Holdings & Investments and Basic Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 19.83% or 0.240 points to trade at 1.450 at the close. Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) added 6.13% or 0.560 points to end at 9.690 and Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) was up 4.52% or 0.60 points to 13.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Good-Year (IS:GOODY), which lost 5.88% or 0.23 points to trade at 3.68 in late trade. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 3.13% or 0.010 points to end at 0.310 and Goltas Cimento (IS:GOLTS) shed 2.60% or 1.80 points to 67.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 178 to 137 and 95 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1287.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.37 to trade at $49.46 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.21% to 2.9284, while EUR/TRY rose 0.07% to 3.2926.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.79.