Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Food & Beverages and Basic Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN), which rose 6.83% or 0.51 points to trade at 7.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca Cola Icecek (IS:CCOLA) added 5.88% or 2.24 points to end at 40.34 and Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) was up 4.78% or 1.02 points to 22.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Do-Co (IS:DOCO), which fell 2.64% or 6.70 points to trade at 247.30 at the close. Nurol Gmyo (IS:NUGYO) declined 1.10% or 0.050 points to end at 4.490 and Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR) was down 1.08% or 0.040 points to 3.670.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 253 to 88 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.78% or 1.02 to 22.34.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.05% or 14.05 to $1329.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.70% or 0.76 to hit $45.51 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 0.90 to trade at $47.16 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.66% to 2.8807, while EUR/TRY fell 0.47% to 3.2026.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.16.