Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Sports, Transport and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY), which rose 10.14% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.39 at the close. Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) added 4.47% or 0.830 points to end at 19.410 and Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS (IS:SISE) was up 4.02% or 0.200 points to 5.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aygaz AS (IS:AYGAZ), which lost 6.84% or 1.07 points to trade at 14.58 in late trade. Tumosan Motor ve Traktor Sanayi AS (IS:TMSN) declined 5.68% or 0.500 points to end at 8.300 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) shed 5.52% or 0.080 points to 1.370.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 253 to 98 and 57 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1322.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.62% or 0.40 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.35 to trade at $69.11 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.21% to 3.9618, while EUR/TRY fell 1.32% to 4.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 89.77.