Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.63% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which rose 10.26% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) added 3.96% or 0.17 points to end at 4.46 and Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS) was up 3.58% or 0.32 points to 9.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcelik (IS:ARCLK), which fell 2.12% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.06 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) declined 1.94% or 0.020 points to end at 1.010 and Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) was down 1.61% or 0.09 points to 5.51.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 204 to 137 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) rose to 3-years highs; rising 10.26% or 0.040 to 0.430.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.98% or 11.85 to $1220.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.78 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $56.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.20% to 3.7241, while EUR/TRY fell 0.82% to 4.0294.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 99.43.