Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Textile & Leather, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which rose 11.87% or 0.190 points to trade at 1.790 at the close. Adel Kalemcilik (IS:ADEL) added 8.21% or 4.80 points to end at 63.30 and Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA) was up 7.29% or 23.00 points to 338.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 4.17% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.240 in late trade. Saf Gmyo (IS:SAFGY) declined 2.70% or 0.030 points to end at 1.080 and Bizim Magazalari (IS:BIZIM) shed 2.61% or 0.35 points to 13.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 295 to 104 and 13 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.58% or 6.90 to $1179.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.48% or 0.91 to hit $60.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.86 to trade at $64.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.17% to 2.7035, while EUR/TRY fell 1.87% to 3.0408.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 95.17.