The BIST 100 index rose 104.43 points compared to the previous close, while total trading volume reached 186 billion lira. The banking index gained 0.17 percent, while the holding index lost 0.63 percent. Among sector indices, metal goods machinery gained the most with 3 percent, while trade lost the most with 1.52 percent.
Global markets are trading positively as today's US employment data, which pointed to a slowdown in job growth, reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will not have to raise interest rates in the near term. According to data released in the US today, nonfarm payrolls rose by 57,000 in June, well below market expectations.
The unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell to 4.2 percent. Nonfarm payroll figures for April and May were also revised downward. Analysts noted that tomorrow, domestic inflation data and global services and composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) figures will be watched, while US markets will be closed. They added that technically, the BIST 100 index has resistance at 14,600 and 14,700 points, and support at 14.
300 and 14,200 points serve as support, the analysts said.