Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Metals and Non-Metal Mineral Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Papilon Savunma Guvenlik Sistemleri (IS:PAPIL), which rose 10.00% or 1.17 points to trade at 12.87 at the close. Agrotech Yuksek Teknoloji ve Yatirim AS (IS:AGROT) added 9.67% or 1.25 points to end at 14.17 and Limak Dogu Anadolu Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:LMKDC) was up 4.30% or 1.06 points to 25.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Girisim Elektrik Taahhut Ticaret & Sanayi AS (IS:GESAN), which lost 4.94% or 2.42 points to trade at 46.52 in late trade. Tab Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:TABGD) declined 4.23% or 6.20 points to end at 140.40 and Yeo Teknoloji Enerji ve Endustri AS (IS:YEOTK) shed 3.99% or 2.30 points to 55.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 318 to 246 and 14 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.07% or 1.91 to $2,662.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.29 to trade at $72.59 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.04% to 34.61, while EUR/TRY fell 0.23% to 36.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.14.