Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Wood, Paper & Printing, Textile & Leather and Basic Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which rose 17.86% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.660 at the close. Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) added 7.31% or 0.38 points to end at 5.58 and Bagfas (IS:BAGFS) was up 5.84% or 0.64 points to 11.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which lost 1.63% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.210 in late trade. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 1.10% or 0.010 points to end at 0.900 and Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) shed 1.00% or 0.010 points to 0.990.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 300 to 61 and 47 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.46% or 6.05 to $1334.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.86% or 0.80 to hit $42.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.21% or 1.00 to trade at $44.23 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.46% to 3.0338, while EUR/TRY fell 0.44% to 3.3348.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.33.