Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Leasing & Factoring and Tourism sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:ERBOS), which rose 4.77% or 4.45 points to trade at 97.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) added 4.71% or 0.760 points to end at 16.910 and Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY) was up 4.06% or 0.24 points to 6.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO), which fell 5.09% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.610 at the close. Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) declined 4.01% or 0.26 points to end at 6.22 and Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA) was down 3.64% or 0.150 points to 3.970.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 248 to 105 and 51 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.19% or 2.50 to $1316.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.21% or 1.35 to hit $59.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 1.33 to trade at $63.48 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.05% to 3.8237, while EUR/TRY fell 0.09% to 4.6815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.32.