Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Sports, Transport and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY), which rose 10.14% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) added 4.47% or 0.830 points to end at 19.410 and Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS (IS:SISE) was up 4.02% or 0.200 points to 5.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aygaz AS (IS:AYGAZ), which fell 6.84% or 1.07 points to trade at 14.58 at the close. Tumosan Motor ve Traktor Sanayi AS (IS:TMSN) declined 5.68% or 0.500 points to end at 8.300 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was down 5.52% or 0.080 points to 1.370.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 253 to 98 and 57 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1322.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.62% or 0.40 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.36 to trade at $69.12 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.21% to 3.9618, while EUR/TRY fell 1.32% to 4.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 89.77.