Pre-holiday activity in the stock market! IT and banking stocks made investors happy

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Lerato Khumalo

BIST 100 index at Borsa Istanbul closed the day at 13,890.91 points, gaining 0.60 percent in value.

While the BIST 100 index increased by 82.71 points compared to the previous closing, the total transaction volume was 155.3 billion lira.

The banking index gained 2.28 percent and the holding index gained 0.62 percent.

Among the sector indices, the one that gained the most was informatics with 4.29 percent, and the one that lost the most was commerce with 2.13 percent.

A positive trend is observed in global markets, as increasing optimism about a possible reconciliation between the USA and Iran supports the global risk appetite.

Tomorrow, markets will close early in the country due to Eid al-Adha.

Analysts stated that the data agenda will be calm in the country tomorrow, while machinery orders in Japan, New York Fed consumer confidence index and Dallas Fed manufacturing industry index data will be followed abroad, and noted that technically, 13,900 and 14,000 levels in the BIST 100 index are resistance, while 13,800 and 13,700 points are support.