Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 0.97%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms , Insurance and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.97%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Oba Makarnacilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:OBAMS ), which rose 7.67% or 2.80 points to trade at 39.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Karsan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARSN ) added 6.17% or 0.87 points to end at 14.97 and Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL ) was up 5.71% or 4.70 points to 87.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK ), which fell 9.95% or 35.50 points to trade at 321.25 at the close. Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayi AS (IS:BTCIM ) declined 5.68% or 9.60 points to end at 159.40 and 1000 Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:BINHO ) was down 3.96% or 13.00 points to 315.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 281 to 271 and 26 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 4.20 to $2,631.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $73.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.60 to trade at $76.58 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 0.06% to 34.22, while EUR/TRY fell 0.48% to 37.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 102.54.

Source: Investing.com