Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which rose 10.39% or 0.94 points to trade at 9.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) added 10.37% or 0.140 points to end at 1.490 and SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) was up 3.47% or 0.490 points to 14.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which fell 5.77% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.490 at the close. Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY) declined 4.42% or 0.11 points to end at 2.38 and Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO) was down 2.97% or 0.030 points to 0.980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 199 to 158 and 53 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.85% or 11.40 to $1328.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.57% or 0.36 to hit $63.73 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.45 to trade at $68.47 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.93% to 4.0370, while EUR/TRY rose 0.62% to 4.9428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 90.18.