Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electricity, Telecoms and Holdings & Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were AK Enerji (IS:AKENR), which rose 7.37% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR) added 7.37% or 0.210 points to end at 3.060 and Kartonsan (IS:KARTN) was up 4.07% or 10.00 points to 256.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which fell 6.47% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.590 at the close. Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) declined 4.06% or 0.28 points to end at 6.62 and Good-Year (IS:GOODY) was down 3.19% or 0.13 points to 3.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 193 to 121 and 91 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.76% or 9.65 to $1258.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.04% or 0.52 to hit $50.35 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.62 to trade at $52.48 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.11% to 3.0480, while EUR/TRY fell 0.43% to 3.4051.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 96.55.