Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 2.44%

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Published Feb 15, 2018 11:05AM ET

Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 2.44%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Tourism, Transport and Banking sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 2.44%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA), which rose 11.52% or 0.600 points to trade at 5.810 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 6.57% or 0.330 points to end at 5.350 and Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAL) was up 5.38% or 1.78 points to 34.84 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA), which fell 2.31% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.230 at the close. Tat Gida Sanayi AS (IS:TATGD) declined 2.08% or 0.120 points to end at 5.640 and Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:ASELS) was down 1.78% or 0.58 points to 31.94.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 300 to 65 and 43 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.26% or 3.50 to $1354.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.39% or 0.84 to hit $59.76 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.86% or 1.20 to trade at $63.16 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 0.26% to 3.7719, while EUR/TRY fell 0.08% to 4.7102.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 88.73.

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