Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Sports, Leasing & Factoring and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 7.78% or 1.86 points to trade at 25.78 at the close. Anadolu Efes (IS:AEFES) added 4.35% or 0.81 points to end at 19.45 and Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) was up 3.55% or 0.060 points to 1.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN), which lost 6.94% or 0.55 points to trade at 7.37 in late trade. Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) declined 6.24% or 0.82 points to end at 12.33 and Ford Otosan (IS:FROTO) shed 3.35% or 1.06 points to 30.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 168 to 161 and 76 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.45 to $1323.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.73% or 1.36 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.83% or 1.45 to trade at $49.87 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.21% to 2.8845, while EUR/TRY fell 1.05% to 3.1886.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.77% at 96.43.