Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Metals and Textile & Leather sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Banvit Bandirma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi AS (IS:BANVT), which rose 11.13% or 1.590 points to trade at 15.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) added 6.23% or 0.52 points to end at 8.87 and Kartonsan Karton Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARTN) was up 6.06% or 15.60 points to 273.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT), which fell 4.13% or 0.210 points to trade at 4.870 at the close. Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS) declined 3.06% or 1.040 points to end at 32.940 and SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) was down 2.61% or 0.310 points to 11.580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 250 to 107 and 53 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.35% or 18.30 to $1341.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $66.81 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $71.80 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.92% to 4.0979, while EUR/TRY fell 1.27% to 5.0518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 89.53.