Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Sports, Insurance and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turcas Petrol AS (IS:TRCAS), which rose 5.86% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:ALCTL) added 3.66% or 0.270 points to end at 7.640 and Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER) was up 3.01% or 1.02 points to 34.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA), which fell 2.84% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.110 at the close. GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO) declined 2.30% or 0.020 points to end at 0.850 and Global Yatirim Holding AS (IS:GLYHO) was down 1.92% or 0.080 points to 4.090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 196 to 145 and 67 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.23% or 3.10 to $1358.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $61.38 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.36 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.62% to 3.7410, while EUR/TRY fell 1.04% to 4.6578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 88.79.