Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Tourism, Banking and Metal Products & Machinery sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which rose 8.77% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.240 at the close. Meanwhile, Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) added 6.42% or 0.070 points to end at 1.160 and Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) was up 5.93% or 0.27 points to 4.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC), which fell 5.20% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.550 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) declined 2.47% or 0.020 points to end at 0.790 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) was down 1.82% or 0.19 points to 10.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 239 to 89 and 74 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1353.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.62% or 1.51 to hit $43.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.70% or 1.63 to trade at $45.68 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.07% to 2.9548, while EUR/TRY fell 0.17% to 3.3014.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.66.