By Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Holdings & Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.80% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS (IS:YKBNK), which rose 4.65% or 1.22 points to trade at 27.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Koc Holding AS (IS:KCHOL) added 4.39% or 7.70 points to end at 182.90 and MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK) was up 3.99% or 14.25 points to 371.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adel Kalemcilik Ticaret ve Sanayi AS (IS:ADEL), which fell 5.08% or 2.14 points to trade at 39.96 at the close. Kaleseramik Canakkale Kalebodur Seramik Sanayi AS (IS:KLSER) declined 2.53% or 0.86 points to end at 33.10 and Kocaer Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KCAER) was down 2.22% or 0.84 points to 36.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 339 to 218 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.90 to $2,604.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.87% or 0.59 to hit $67.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.56 to trade at $71.33 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.02% to 34.34, while EUR/TRY fell 0.30% to 36.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 106.21.