Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESTL), which rose 6.44% or 0.570 points to trade at 9.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Sok Marketler (IS:SOKM) added 6.43% or 0.48 points to end at 7.95 and Turkish Airlines (IS:THYAO) was up 4.80% or 0.540 points to 11.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE), which fell 5.56% or 0.270 points to trade at 4.590 at the close. Flap Kongre Toplanti Hizmetleri Otomotiv ve Turizm AS (IS:FLAP) declined 5.17% or 0.150 points to end at 2.750 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was down 4.55% or 0.030 points to 0.630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 187 to 164 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.55% or 0.030 to 0.630.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.91% or 11.55 to $1285.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 5.26% or 3.23 to hit $58.19 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.83% or 3.43 to trade at $67.56 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.17% to 6.1013, while EUR/TRY rose 0.35% to 6.8166.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 97.773.