Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Textile & Leather, Basic Metals and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Kordsa Global (IS:KORDS), which rose 5.60% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.03 at the close. Aselsan (IS:ASELS) added 4.55% or 0.45 points to end at 10.35 and Pegasus (IS:PGSUS) was up 4.27% or 0.550 points to 13.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kartonsan (IS:KARTN), which lost 4.40% or 12.00 points to trade at 260.50 in late trade. Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) declined 3.47% or 0.20 points to end at 5.57 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) shed 3.13% or 0.010 points to 0.310.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 182 to 152 and 72 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.45 to $1269.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.33% or 0.60 to hit $44.67 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.48 to trade at $45.88 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.58% to 3.2607, while EUR/TRY rose 1.28% to 3.5490.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 98.88.