Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the added 2.57%.
The best performers of the session on the were Biotrend Cevre ve Enerji Yatirimlari AS (IS:), which rose 9.91% or 2.00 points to trade at 22.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:) added 9.74% or 15.10 points to end at 170.20 and Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayi AS (IS:) was up 9.31% or 13.50 points to 158.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alarko Holding AS (IS:), which fell 5.86% or 6.60 points to trade at 106.10 at the close. Anadolu Anonim Turk Sigorta Sti (IS:) declined 4.68% or 5.30 points to end at 107.90 and Sdt Uzay ve Savunma Teknolojileri AS (IS:) was down 3.70% or 10.50 points to 273.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 446 to 113 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:) rose to all time highs; rising 9.74% or 15.10 to 170.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.95% or 22.35 to $2,369.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.41% or 0.33 to hit $81.04 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.43 to trade at $85.50 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.05% to 32.85, while EUR/TRY rose 0.63% to 35.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 105.15.
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