Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Real Estate Investments and Sports sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which rose 6.14% or 9.00 points to trade at 155.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) added 4.31% or 0.500 points to end at 12.100 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was up 3.70% or 0.010 points to 0.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adel Kalemcilik (IS:ADEL), which fell 4.74% or 3.50 points to trade at 70.35 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 3.61% or 0.100 points to end at 2.670 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) was down 3.35% or 0.90 points to 26.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 250 to 153 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.61% or 7.30 to $1183.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.89% or 1.15 to hit $59.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.94% or 1.31 to trade at $66.45 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.28% to 2.6842, while EUR/TRY fell 0.85% to 3.0309.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 94.73.