Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 6.37% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.670 at the close. Meanwhile, Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) added 3.03% or 0.26 points to end at 8.85 and Sabanci Holding (IS:SAHOL) was up 2.87% or 0.27 points to 9.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good-Year (IS:GOODY), which fell 1.98% or 0.07 points to trade at 3.46 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 1.98% or 0.020 points to end at 0.990 and Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) was down 1.84% or 0.030 points to 1.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 170 to 152 and 84 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.75 to $1266.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.71% or 0.35 to hit $49.48 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.35 to trade at $50.23 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.23% to 2.8572, while EUR/TRY fell 0.68% to 3.2493.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 93.47.