Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which rose 4.92% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.640 at the close. Meanwhile, Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY) added 4.88% or 0.41 points to end at 8.81 and Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI) was up 3.94% or 1.30 points to 34.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO), which fell 2.36% or 1.18 points to trade at 48.92 at the close. BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (IS:BIMAS) declined 1.81% or 1.40 points to end at 75.90 and Park Elektrik Uretim Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:PRKME) was down 1.31% or 0.060 points to 4.530.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 262 to 86 and 58 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.57% or 7.32 to $1290.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.13% or 0.59 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 0.89 to trade at $57.26 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.49% to 3.6594, while EUR/TRY fell 0.03% to 4.3362.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 93.04.