Turkey shares higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.08%

Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Banking and Metal Products&Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.08%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:BRSAN), which rose 9.16% or 48.00 points to trade at 572.00 at the close. Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS) added 5.31% or 12.00 points to end at 237.90 and Sekerbank TAS (IS:SKBNK) was up 4.87% or 0.20 points to 4.31 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sok Marketler (IS:SOKM), which lost 3.87% or 1.84 points to trade at 45.66 in late trade. Akfen Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:AKFGY) declined 3.35% or 0.07 points to end at 2.02 and Sdt Uzay ve Savunma Teknolojileri AS (IS:SDTTR) shed 3.29% or 7.70 points to 226.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 295 to 263 and 19 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.55% or 39.50 to $2,581.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.43% or 2.31 to hit $69.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.95% or 2.08 to trade at $72.69 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 0.16% to 33.91, while EUR/TRY fell 0.02% to 37.42.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 101.58.