Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.36% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Aselsan (IS:ASELS), which rose 6.32% or 1.14 points to trade at 19.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS Class A (IS:ALCTL) added 6.24% or 0.530 points to end at 9.020 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was up 4.76% or 0.020 points to 0.440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which fell 2.78% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.800 at the close. Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) declined 1.66% or 0.190 points to end at 11.230 and Deva Holding (IS:DEVA) was down 0.97% or 0.040 points to 4.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 277 to 69 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aselsan (IS:ASELS) rose to all time highs; up 6.32% or 1.14 to 19.17.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.40 to $1279.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $50.87 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.16 to trade at $53.09 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.57% to 3.6522, while EUR/TRY fell 0.20% to 3.9294.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.54.