Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Leasing&Factoring, Transport and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE), which rose 15.82% or 0.840 points to trade at 6.150 at the close. Meanwhile, SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) added 5.72% or 0.490 points to end at 9.050 and Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) was up 4.62% or 0.090 points to 2.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (IS:AKSEN), which fell 3.28% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.950 at the close. Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS (IS:SISE) declined 2.59% or 0.130 points to end at 4.890 and TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) was down 2.45% or 0.60 points to 23.92.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 208 to 144 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (IS:AKSEN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.28% or 0.100 to 2.950.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.53% or 6.50 to $1227.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.67% or 0.89 to hit $54.32 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.33 to trade at $62.86 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.24% to 5.3151, while EUR/TRY fell 1.04% to 6.0571.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.567.
