Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Metal Products & Machinery and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO), which rose 5.36% or 3.55 points to trade at 69.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE) added 4.72% or 0.120 points to end at 2.660 and BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (IS:BIMAS) was up 4.60% or 3.00 points to 68.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afyon Cimento Sanayi TAS (IS:AFYON), which fell 6.14% or 0.38 points to trade at 5.81 at the close. Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) declined 5.71% or 0.020 points to end at 0.330 and Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) was down 4.62% or 0.960 points to 19.820.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 188 to 157 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO) rose to all time highs; rising 5.36% or 3.55 to 69.75.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1270.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.47% or 2.93 to hit $68.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.79 to trade at $74.84 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.67% to 4.6885, while EUR/TRY fell 0.53% to 5.4547.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.38.