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

Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate Investments and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.

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

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:BRSAN), which lost 2.67% or 14.00 points to trade at 511.00 in late trade. Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) declined 2.65% or 14.00 points to end at 513.50 and Enerya Enerji AS (IS:ENERY) shed 2.56% or 5.70 points to 216.80.

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

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 10.85 to $2,609.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.03% or 1.42 to hit $71.30 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.35 to trade at $75.00 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 0.11% to 34.03, while EUR/TRY rose 0.11% to 37.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.47.