Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Leasing & Factoring and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.74%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 15.41% or 0.800 points to trade at 5.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO) added 9.52% or 0.080 points to end at 0.920 and Coca-Cola Icecek AS (IS:CCOLA) was up 6.81% or 1.72 points to 26.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flap Kongre Toplanti Hizmetleri Otomotiv ve Turizm AS (IS:FLAP), which fell 1.82% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.700 at the close. BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (IS:BIMAS) declined 1.74% or 1.30 points to end at 73.50 and Soda Sanayi AS (IS:SODA) was down 0.81% or 0.060 points to 7.360.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 299 to 61 and 46 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.18% or 2.25 to $1283.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $68.02 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.16% to 6.0857, while EUR/TRY rose 0.01% to 6.8151.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 97.528.