Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 3.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Anadolu Cam Sanayi AS (IS:ANACM), which rose 2.30% or 0.070 points to trade at 3.110 at the close. Meanwhile, TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) added 1.71% or 0.40 points to end at 23.74 and BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS (IS:BIMAS) was up 1.70% or 1.35 points to 80.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM), which fell 9.11% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.79 at the close. Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) declined 7.78% or 0.210 points to end at 2.490 and Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) was down 7.69% or 0.53 points to 6.36.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 344 to 36 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.41% or 5.35 to $1312.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.58% or 1.55 to hit $58.43 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.25% or 1.53 to trade at $66.33 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 4.61% to 5.7128, while EUR/TRY rose 3.83% to 6.4481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.123.