Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Non-Metal Mineral Products and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Alarko Holding AS (IS:ALARK), which rose 7.69% or 0.500 points to trade at 7.000 at the close. Meanwhile, ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) added 6.36% or 0.250 points to end at 4.180 and Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI) was up 5.48% or 1.86 points to 35.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN), which fell 3.63% or 0.210 points to trade at 5.580 at the close. Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO) declined 3.06% or 0.030 points to end at 0.950 and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:AKSA) was down 2.96% or 0.36 points to 11.82.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 185 to 144 and 75 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.76 to $1273.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.39% or 1.37 to hit $58.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.59% or 1.62 to trade at $64.25 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.18% to 3.9271, while EUR/TRY fell 0.09% to 4.6623.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.07.