Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Basic Metals and Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 2.04%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS), which rose 7.63% or 1.820 points to trade at 25.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 6.15% or 0.330 points to end at 5.700 and Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) was up 5.87% or 0.920 points to 16.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret AS (IS:DOAS), which fell 6.02% or 0.46 points to trade at 7.18 at the close. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL) declined 2.08% or 0.27 points to end at 12.71 and Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO) was down 1.03% or 0.65 points to 62.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 285 to 76 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret AS (IS:DOAS) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.02% or 0.46 to 7.18.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1303.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.10% or 2.90 to hit $67.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.26% or 2.57 to trade at $76.22 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.07% to 4.7058, while EUR/TRY fell 0.68% to 5.4882.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.10.