Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Basic Metals and Textile & Leather sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA), which rose 19.75% or 0.630 points to trade at 3.820 at the close. Meanwhile, Global Yatirim Holding AS (IS:GLYHO) added 7.69% or 0.310 points to end at 4.340 and Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) was up 5.97% or 1.34 points to 23.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayi AS (IS:AEFES), which fell 2.64% or 0.72 points to trade at 26.52 at the close. Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) declined 1.89% or 0.18 points to end at 9.33 and Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (IS:TUPRS) was down 1.86% or 2.10 points to 111.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 230 to 128 and 49 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.61% or 8.20 to $1345.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.69% or 0.47 to hit $68.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.91 to trade at $74.39 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.96% to 4.0468, while EUR/TRY rose 0.66% to 4.9986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 89.58.