Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Telecoms and Holdings & Investments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.83%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA), which rose 10.54% or 0.410 points to trade at 4.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (IS:EREGL) added 8.63% or 0.900 points to end at 11.330 and Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:ALCTL) was up 7.47% or 0.370 points to 5.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ), which fell 19.42% or 0.270 points to trade at 1.120 at the close. Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) declined 5.67% or 1.36 points to end at 22.64 and Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) was down 5.13% or 0.200 points to 3.700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 245 to 118 and 45 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.50 to $1185.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.35 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.29 to trade at $71.72 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 3.85% to 6.0587, while EUR/TRY rose 4.28% to 6.9325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 96.16.