Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.64%

Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.64%

Aug 23, 2018

Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Sports and Textile&Leather sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.64%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO), which rose 10.61% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.730 at the close. Meanwhile, ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi AS (IS:ENKAI) added 10.54% or 0.490 points to end at 5.140 and Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) was up 9.45% or 28.60 points to 331.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Alkim Alkali Kimya AS (IS:ALKIM), which fell 2.53% or 0.51 points to trade at 19.63 at the close. Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL) declined 2.27% or 0.030 points to end at 1.290 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was down 1.79% or 0.020 points to 1.100.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.67% or 8.10 to $1195.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $74.67 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 1.06% to 6.1157, while EUR/TRY rose 0.80% to 7.0753.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 95.36.

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