Turkey’s equity benchmark BIST 100 slipped 0.84% at the close of trade on Thursday, dragged lower by declines in information technology, textile and leather, and metal products and machinery sectors.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by 498 to 128 on the Istanbul Stock Exchange, with 19 stocks unchanged. The BIST 100’s 0.84% drop reflected broad-based weakness across key industrial and consumer-linked segments.
Among the top gainers, Turkiye Halk Bankasi led with a 9.96% advance to 49.44 lira, while Turk Altin Isletmeleri rose 2.78% to 51.70 lira. Margun Enerji Uretim Sanayi ve Ticaret climbed 2.67% to 33.90 lira. The largest decliners included Odine Solutions Teknoloji down 9.99% to 1,468 lira, Pasifik Eurasia Lojistik Dis Ticaret falling 9.98% to 175.90 lira, and Europower Enerji ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri down 9.98% to 74.85 lira.
Commodities showed mixed performance. December gold futures rose 3.19% to $4,555.51 per troy ounce, while October U.S. crude oil futures increased 0.74% to $91.68 per barrel. The November Brent contract was up 0.50% at $96.11 per barrel.
The U.S. dollar traded 0.06% higher against the Turkish lira at 48.31, while the euro strengthened 0.62% to 56.34 lira.
