Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Sports, Wood, Paper & Printing and Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 19.79% or 0.190 points to trade at 1.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 19.19% or 0.190 points to end at 1.180 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) was up 13.24% or 1.70 points to 14.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN), which fell 2.89% or 0.22 points to trade at 7.39 at the close. Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret D (IS:KRDMD) declined 2.07% or 0.030 points to end at 1.420 and Kordsa Global (IS:KORDS) was down 1.83% or 0.13 points to 6.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 259 to 81 and 63 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.55 to $1325.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.43% or 0.20 to hit $46.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.30 to trade at $49.35 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.49% to 2.9375, while EUR/TRY fell 0.44% to 3.3136.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.78.