Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring, Holdings & Investments and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO), which rose 8.08% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.070 at the close. Meanwhile, SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) added 7.72% or 0.680 points to end at 9.490 and Koc Holding AS (IS:KCHOL) was up 4.14% or 0.55 points to 13.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE), which fell 5.28% or 0.190 points to trade at 3.410 at the close. Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) declined 4.84% or 0.250 points to end at 4.910 and Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) was down 2.86% or 0.010 points to 0.340.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 178 to 168 and 59 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1291.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.46 to trade at $78.84 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.72% to 4.4926, while EUR/TRY rose 0.57% to 5.2931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.53.