Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Metals and Non-Metal Mineral Products sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Papilon Savunma Guvenlik Sistemleri (IS:PAPIL), which rose 10.00% or 1.17 points to trade at 12.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Agrotech Yuksek Teknoloji ve Yatirim AS (IS:AGROT) added 9.67% or 1.25 points to end at 14.17 and Limak Dogu Anadolu Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:LMKDC) was up 4.30% or 1.06 points to 25.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Girisim Elektrik Taahhut Ticaret & Sanayi AS (IS:GESAN), which fell 4.94% or 2.42 points to trade at 46.52 at the close. Tab Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:TABGD) declined 4.23% or 6.20 points to end at 140.40 and Yeo Teknoloji Enerji ve Endustri AS (IS:YEOTK) was down 3.99% or 2.30 points to 55.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 318 to 246 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.08% or 2.19 to $2,662.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.28 to trade at $72.58 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.04% to 34.61, while EUR/TRY fell 0.23% to 36.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.14.