ANKARA: Turkey equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Electricity and Technology sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.04% to hit a new 1-month high. The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret D (IS:KRDMD), which rose 5.61% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.130 at the close. Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) added 4.08% or 0.060 points to end at 1.530 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was up 3.57% or 0.010 points to 0.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which lost 5.73% or 1.96 points to trade at 32.22 in late trade. Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) declined 2.11% or 0.050 points to end at 2.320 and Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) shed 1.75% or 0.010 points to 0.560. Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 279 to 75 and 53 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 3.15% or 36.65 to $1127.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.98% or 0.50 to hit $50.54 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.18 to trade at $53.72 a barrel. USD/TRY was down 0.34% to 3.5215, while EUR/TRY fell 1.50% to 3.6662. The US Dollar Index was up 1.25% at 103.31.
