Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Sports, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO), which rose 3.97% or 0.74 points to trade at 19.38 at the close. Meanwhile, TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) added 3.70% or 0.94 points to end at 26.36 and Goltas Goller Bolgesi Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:GOLTS) was up 3.13% or 0.32 points to 10.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESTL), which fell 3.96% or 0.530 points to trade at 12.860 at the close. Tat Gida Sanayi AS (IS:TATGD) declined 2.64% or 0.120 points to end at 4.430 and Deva Holding AS (IS:DEVA) was down 2.64% or 0.120 points to 4.430.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 184 to 161 and 62 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.75 to $1296.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.76% or 0.47 to hit $62.57 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.42 to trade at $69.82 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.87% to 5.6365, while EUR/TRY rose 0.85% to 6.3232.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.032.