Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Holdings & Investments, Metal Products & Machinery and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.63% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI), which rose 7.92% or 2.74 points to trade at 37.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) added 7.23% or 0.31 points to end at 4.60 and Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) was up 6.67% or 0.020 points to 0.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trabzonspor Sportif Yatirim ve Futbol Isletmeciligi Ticaret AS (IS:TSPOR), which fell 12.75% or 0.190 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO) declined 7.14% or 0.160 points to end at 2.080 and CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) was down 2.79% or 0.11 points to 3.83.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 263 to 94 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.20% or 2.55 to $1281.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.48 to trade at $60.66 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.61% to 5.2501, while EUR/TRY fell 0.84% to 5.9607.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 95.998.