ANKARA: Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.05%. The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA), which rose 13.20% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) added 6.77% or 0.130 points to end at 2.050 and Vestel (IS:VESTL) was up 3.38% or 0.240 points to 7.350 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ), which fell 2.74% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.710 at the close. Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS Class A (IS:ALCTL) declined 2.49% or 0.210 points to end at 8.210 and Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) was down 1.82% or 1.100 points to 59.450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 189 to 139 and 76 ended unchanged. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.15 to $1276.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.45% or 0.24 to hit $53.16 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.37 to trade at $55.86 a barrel. USD/TRY was down 0.98% to 3.6613, while EUR/TRY fell 0.83% to 3.8899. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.58.
