Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO), which rose 19.89% or 0.360 points to trade at 2.170 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 6.46% or 0.320 points to end at 5.270 and ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) was up 5.88% or 0.150 points to 2.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which fell 13.21% or 0.67 points to trade at 4.40 at the close. Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Uretim AS (IS:ZOREN) declined 4.03% or 0.050 points to end at 1.190 and Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE) was down 3.87% or 0.110 points to 2.730.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 173 to 172 and 62 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.19% or 14.30 to $1213.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.98% or 0.55 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.71 to trade at $66.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.52% to 5.3765, while EUR/TRY fell 1.38% to 6.0931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 97.00.