Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Leasing & Factoring and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.11% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE), which rose 15.95% or 0.560 points to trade at 4.070 at the close. Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO) added 6.72% or 0.080 points to end at 1.270 and Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) was up 5.15% or 0.240 points to 4.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which lost 5.04% or 0.420 points to trade at 7.910 in late trade. Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) declined 3.77% or 0.020 points to end at 0.510 and Ayen Enerji AS (IS:AYEN) shed 3.51% or 0.170 points to 4.670.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 220 to 130 and 58 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.67% or 8.36 to $1257.76 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.64% or 0.31 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.48 to trade at $51.45 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.03% to 3.5356, while EUR/TRY fell 0.60% to 4.1267.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.86.