Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Tourism sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Parsan Makina Parcalari Sanayi AS (IS:PARSN), which rose 8.47% or 0.800 points to trade at 10.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Park Elektrik Uretim Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:PRKME) added 4.00% or 0.090 points to end at 2.340 and Hektas Ticaret TAS (IS:HEKTS) was up 3.83% or 0.430 points to 11.670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verusa Holding AS (IS:VERUS), which fell 5.29% or 1.18 points to trade at 21.12 at the close. MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK) declined 4.32% or 0.56 points to end at 12.39 and Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) was down 3.65% or 0.32 points to 8.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 201 to 136 and 68 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.10% or 1.25 to $1294.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.93% or 0.59 to hit $64.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.69 to trade at $71.52 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.46% to 5.7606, while EUR/TRY rose 0.92% to 6.5103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.540.