Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR), which rose 6.48% or 0.190 points to trade at 3.120 at the close. Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) added 4.75% or 0.340 points to end at 7.500 and Do-Co (IS:DOCO) was up 4.21% or 8.60 points to 213.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which lost 4.65% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.100 in late trade. Petkim (IS:PETKM) declined 1.63% or 0.060 points to end at 3.620 and Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) shed 1.63% or 0.050 points to 3.010.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 133 and 67 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.77% or 9.00 to $1179.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.55% or 0.79 to hit $50.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.58 to trade at $53.35 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.84% to 3.3823, while EUR/TRY fell 1.45% to 3.6409.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 100.23.