Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Sports and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Soda Sanayii (IS:SODA), which rose 6.01% or 0.270 points to trade at 4.760 at the close. Trakya Cam (IS:TRKCM) added 5.47% or 0.110 points to end at 2.120 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was up 5.34% or 0.35 points to 6.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eczacibasi Yatirim (IS:ECZYT), which lost 10.16% or 1.40 points to trade at 12.38 in late trade. Parsan (IS:PARSN) declined 6.79% or 0.590 points to end at 8.100 and Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) shed 5.29% or 0.090 points to 1.610.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 174 to 160 and 74 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.87% or 11.05 to $1275.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.89% or 1.29 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.32% or 1.51 to trade at $47.03 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.11% to 2.9535, while EUR/TRY rose 0.73% to 3.3803.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 93.68.