Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index started the day flat with a 0.05 percent hike to open at 110.482,17 points, after posting its highest close on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
After profit takings, the BIST 100 fell 0.37 percent, compared to 110,423.11 points of Tuesday’s close, since there were no transactions on Wednesday due to Turkey\u2019s official Victory Day holiday.<\/p>\n
Total trading volume of the benchmark index was two billion Turkish liras (some 577 million) — a relatively low level compared to recent weeks’ volume. The stock exchange market will open next Tuesday, Sept. 5.<\/p>\n
During the half-day transactions, the banking and holding sector indexes were down 0.82 and 0.28 percent respectively.<\/p>\n
Among all sectors, the BIST sports index performed the best — up 2.98 percent — while the mining sector index dropped 1.33 percent, the largest decline of Thursday.<\/p>\n
Shares of Galatasaray Sportif, a major Turkish sports club, enjoyed the biggest rise of the day with a 13.13 percent increase and stocks of food giant Ulker Biskuvi fell most, going down 2.27 percent.<\/p>\n
The BIST 100’s most-traded stocks were Galatasaray Sportif, telecommunication company Turkcell, national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, private lender Garanti and oil refiner TUPRAS.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of this year, the BIST 100 has risen 41.5 percent, compared to a close of 77,754.46 points on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar\/Turkish lira exchange rate stood at 3.4620 by 2 p.m. local time (1100GMT) Thursday, compared with 3.4520 at Wednesday’s close.<\/p>\n
One dollar was exchanged for 3.4590 Turkish liras last Friday. The dollar-lira rate saw its historic high in mid-January this year, climbing to around 3.94.<\/p>\n
Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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