Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.44%

Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.44%

May 28, 2019

Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Wholesale&Retail Trade, Electricity and Transport sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.44%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI), which rose 7.62% or 5.60 points to trade at 79.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) added 6.42% or 2.04 points to end at 33.84 and Sok Marketler (IS:SOKM) was up 6.13% or 0.49 points to 8.49 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Indeks Bilgisayar Sistemleri Muhendislik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:INDES), which fell 4.95% or 0.320 points to trade at 6.140 at the close. Besiktas Futbol Yatirimlari Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:BJKAS) declined 2.21% or 0.030 points to end at 1.330 and Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi AS (IS:TSKB) was down 1.47% or 0.010 points to 0.670.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 268 to 83 and 53 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.45 to $1278.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.56% or 0.33 to hit $58.96 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.30 to trade at $68.47 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 0.41% to 6.0314, while EUR/TRY fell 0.61% to 6.7393.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.782.

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