Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Basic Metals and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA), which rose 19.75% or 0.630 points to trade at 3.820 at the close. Global Yatirim Holding AS (IS:GLYHO) added 7.69% or 0.310 points to end at 4.340 and Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) was up 5.97% or 1.34 points to 23.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayi AS (IS:AEFES), which lost 2.64% or 0.72 points to trade at 26.52 in late trade. Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) declined 1.89% or 0.18 points to end at 9.33 and Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (IS:TUPRS) shed 1.86% or 2.10 points to 111.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 128 and 49 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.60% or 8.10 to $1345.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.69% or 0.47 to hit $68.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.91 to trade at $74.39 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.97% to 4.0471, while EUR/TRY rose 0.66% to 4.9987.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 89.58.