Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Basic Metals and Textile & Leather sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.69% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Holding (IS:METRO), which rose 15.00% or 0.210 points to trade at 1.610 at the close. Tat Konserve (IS:TATGD) added 7.19% or 0.500 points to end at 7.450 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was up 5.27% or 0.44 points to 8.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which lost 9.80% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.840 in late trade. Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS) declined 3.63% or 0.34 points to end at 9.03 and Nurol Gmyo (IS:NUGYO) shed 3.47% or 0.160 points to 4.450.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 177 to 151 and 78 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.62% or 7.75 to $1242.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.49% or 0.80 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 0.86 to trade at $55.50 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.36% to 3.7055, while EUR/TRY rose 1.20% to 3.9034.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.01.