In the first half of the day, the BIST 100 index in Borsa Istanbul gained 0.5 percent, reaching 9,698 points. Moving in an upward trend in the first half of the day, the BIST 100 index rose to 9,697.92 points with an increase of 48.38 points and 0.5 percent as of 13:00 compared to the previous close. The total trading volume was 56.7 billion liras. While the banking index lost 0.94 percent, the holding index gained 0.63 percent. Among the sector indices, the most gainer was financial leasing factoring with 4.61 percent, while the only loser was banking. In the global markets, after US President Donald Trump announced that they would impose a 25 percent tariff on all cars not produced in the US, a mixed trend emerged, with focus turning to the US growth data to be announced today. According to the data announced domestically today, the foreign trade deficit increased by 14.8 percent to 7 billion 771 million dollars in February compared to the same month of the previous year, while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 points to 8.2 percent. Analysts stated that weekly money and banking statistics domestically in the afternoon, and US growth, personal consumption expenditures, pending home sales, and wholesale inventories internationally would be followed, adding that technically the resistance levels for the BIST 100 index were at 9,900 and 10,000, while the support levels were at 9,600 and 9,500 points.