Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Real Estate Investments and Sports sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF), which rose 8.83% or 0.25 points to trade at 3.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Yazicilar Holding AS (IS:AGHOL) added 4.36% or 0.47 points to end at 11.26 and Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (IS:AKSEN) was up 4.07% or 0.110 points to 2.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Goltas Goller Bolgesi Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GOLTS), which fell 4.79% or 0.69 points to trade at 13.73 at the close. Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:ALCTL) declined 3.31% or 0.200 points to end at 5.840 and Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE) was down 2.90% or 0.080 points to 2.680.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 175 to 172 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Goltas Goller Bolgesi Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GOLTS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.79% or 0.69 to 13.73.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.43% or 5.50 to $1262.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.68% or 0.31 to hit $46.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.44 to trade at $53.91 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.88% to 5.3086, while EUR/TRY rose 0.55% to 6.0664.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.145.