Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Technology and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 2.11% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 20.00% or 0.340 points to trade at 2.040 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 10.24% or 0.130 points to end at 1.400 and Nurol Gmyo (IS:NUGYO) was up 6.96% or 0.300 points to 4.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which lost 2.91% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.670 in late trade. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 2.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.360 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) shed 2.53% or 0.76 points to 29.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 239 to 106 and 63 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.79% or 9.85 to $1244.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $53.90 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $56.46 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.45% to 3.6635, while EUR/TRY rose 0.21% to 3.8663.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 101.73.