Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Textile & Leather and Sports sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS), which rose 6.16% or 1.540 points to trade at 26.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (IS:TUPRS) added 4.41% or 5.00 points to end at 118.40 and Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER) was up 4.30% or 1.56 points to 37.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN), which fell 3.43% or 0.62 points to trade at 17.46 at the close. Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BRISA) declined 2.71% or 0.20 points to end at 7.17 and Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:ERBOS) was down 2.58% or 2.15 points to 81.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 194 to 163 and 50 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.11% or 1.50 to $1330.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.75% or 0.46 to hit $62.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.35 to trade at $65.77 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.13% to 3.7831, while EUR/TRY rose 0.16% to 4.6652.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.76.