Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Information Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 8.41% or 1.230 points to trade at 15.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) added 5.19% or 0.320 points to end at 6.490 and Deva Holding AS (IS:DEVA) was up 4.41% or 0.200 points to 4.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL), which fell 3.34% or 0.51 points to trade at 14.76 at the close. Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) declined 2.26% or 0.15 points to end at 6.50 and Halk Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:HLGYO) was down 2.15% or 0.020 points to 0.910.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 173 to 165 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.41% or 1.230 to 15.850.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.53% or 7.00 to $1335.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.72% or 1.09 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.30% or 0.89 to trade at $67.44 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.09% to 4.0474, while EUR/TRY rose 0.10% to 4.9680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.87.