Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Tourism, Banking and Metal Products & Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR), which rose 8.77% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.240 at the close. Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) added 6.42% or 0.070 points to end at 1.160 and Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) was up 5.93% or 0.27 points to 4.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC), which lost 5.20% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.550 in late trade. Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) declined 2.47% or 0.020 points to end at 0.790 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) shed 1.82% or 0.19 points to 10.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 239 to 89 and 74 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.55 to $1353.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.62% or 1.51 to hit $43.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.70% or 1.63 to trade at $45.68 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.07% to 2.9548, while EUR/TRY fell 0.17% to 3.3014.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.66.