Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO), which rose 19.89% or 0.360 points to trade at 2.170 at the close. Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 6.46% or 0.320 points to end at 5.270 and ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) was up 5.88% or 0.150 points to 2.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which lost 13.21% or 0.67 points to trade at 4.40 in late trade. Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Uretim AS (IS:ZOREN) declined 4.03% or 0.050 points to end at 1.190 and Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE) shed 3.87% or 0.110 points to 2.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 173 to 172 and 62 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.21% or 14.50 to $1213.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.19% or 0.67 to hit $56.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.82 to trade at $66.94 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.52% to 5.3761, while EUR/TRY fell 1.37% to 6.0935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 96.99.