Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 2.06%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate Investments and Transport sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.06%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Reeder Teknoloji Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:REEDR), which rose 5.47% or 1.50 points to trade at 28.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) added 4.78% or 2.80 points to end at 61.35 and Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF) was up 4.68% or 8.80 points to 197.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:BRSAN), which fell 2.67% or 14.00 points to trade at 511.00 at the close. Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) declined 2.65% or 14.00 points to end at 513.50 and Enerya Enerji AS (IS:ENERY) was down 2.56% or 5.70 points to 216.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 469 to 100 and 11 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 10.45 to $2,609.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.07% or 1.45 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 1.39 to trade at $75.04 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 0.11% to 34.03, while EUR/TRY rose 0.09% to 37.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 100.49.