Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metal Products & Machinery, Transport and Non-Metal Mineral Products sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento Sanayi TAS (IS:AFYON), which rose 16.35% or 0.87 points to trade at 6.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) added 6.06% or 0.020 points to end at 0.350 and Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) was up 5.52% or 0.44 points to 8.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA), which fell 4.89% or 0.230 points to trade at 4.470 at the close. Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) declined 3.80% or 0.820 points to end at 20.780 and Alarko Holding AS (IS:ALARK) was down 2.89% or 0.140 points to 4.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 226 to 123 and 59 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.41% or 5.20 to $1269.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.12 to trade at $73.62 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.04% to 4.7309, while EUR/TRY rose 0.27% to 5.4947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.59.