Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.37%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Oba Makarnacilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:OBAMS), which rose 10.00% or 3.26 points to trade at 35.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Anadolu Anonim Turk Sigorta Sti (IS:ANSGR) added 7.26% or 5.55 points to end at 81.95 and Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF) was up 7.06% or 13.10 points to 198.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Papilon Savunma Guvenlik Sistemleri (IS:PAPIL), which fell 3.00% or 2.45 points to trade at 79.30 at the close. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL) declined 2.99% or 2.60 points to end at 84.35 and Altinay Savunma Teknolojileri AS (IS:ALTNY) was down 2.20% or 2.10 points to 93.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 407 to 145 and 27 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 2.70 to $2,676.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.57 to hit $74.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.52 to trade at $78.14 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.41% to 34.25, while EUR/TRY fell 0.34% to 37.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 102.32.