Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Electricity, Wood, Paper & Printing and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.20% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO), which rose 2.47% or 0.11 points to trade at 4.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) added 2.05% or 0.060 points to end at 2.980 and Tupras (IS:TUPRS) was up 1.68% or 1.40 points to 84.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME), which fell 3.99% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.650 at the close. Enka Insaat (IS:ENKAI) declined 3.20% or 0.200 points to end at 6.050 and Good-Year (IS:GOODY) was down 2.98% or 0.12 points to 3.91.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 256 to 92 and 57 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.13% or 14.20 to $1267.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.95% or 0.49 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.38 to trade at $55.27 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.45% to 3.7285, while EUR/TRY rose 0.13% to 3.9597.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 100.82.