Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Sports, Information Technology and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 2.62%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO), which rose 14.33% or 5.920 points to trade at 47.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) added 12.56% or 0.50 points to end at 4.48 and Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL) was up 5.90% or 0.350 points to 6.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which fell 1.72% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.28 at the close. Turk Traktor (IS:TTRAK) declined 0.41% or 0.30 points to end at 73.70 and Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) was down 0.11% or 0.02 points to 18.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 291 to 73 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) rose to 3-years highs; up 12.56% or 0.50 to 4.48.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.50% or 6.00 to $1214.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 6.27% or 1.82 to hit $30.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 7.15% or 2.30 to trade at $34.48 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.81% to 2.9537, while EUR/TRY fell 0.79% to 3.2921.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.78.