Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Banking and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.57%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Biotrend Cevre ve Enerji Yatirimlari AS (IS:BIOEN), which rose 9.91% or 2.00 points to trade at 22.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) added 9.74% or 15.10 points to end at 170.20 and Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayi AS (IS:BTCIM) was up 9.31% or 13.50 points to 158.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alarko Holding AS (IS:ALARK), which fell 5.86% or 6.60 points to trade at 106.10 at the close. Anadolu Anonim Turk Sigorta Sti (IS:ANSGR) declined 4.68% or 5.30 points to end at 107.90 and Sdt Uzay ve Savunma Teknolojileri AS (IS:SDTTR) was down 3.70% or 10.50 points to 273.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 446 to 113 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) rose to all time highs; rising 9.74% or 15.10 to 170.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.95% or 22.35 to $2,369.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.41% or 0.33 to hit $81.04 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.43 to trade at $85.50 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.05% to 32.85, while EUR/TRY rose 0.63% to 35.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 105.15.