Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Basic Metals and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO), which rose 5.57% or 0.760 points to trade at 14.410 at the close. Meanwhile, Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:AKSA) added 5.51% or 0.67 points to end at 12.84 and Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) was up 4.74% or 0.120 points to 2.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (IS:TUPRS), which fell 2.36% or 2.80 points to trade at 115.60 at the close. Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO) declined 1.97% or 1.20 points to end at 59.60 and Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayi AS (IS:AEFES) was down 1.88% or 0.44 points to 22.96.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 249 to 101 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.57% or 0.760 to 14.410.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 6.90 to $1255.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $56.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.39 to trade at $62.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.87% to 3.8827, while EUR/TRY rose 1.51% to 4.5768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.69.