Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Sports, Basic Metals and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which rose 6.08% or 0.32 points to trade at 5.58 at the close. Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) added 4.58% or 0.070 points to end at 1.600 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) was up 4.50% or 0.77 points to 17.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 4.35% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.220 in late trade. Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) declined 1.52% or 0.18 points to end at 11.64 and Aygaz (IS:AYGAZ) shed 1.34% or 0.17 points to 12.53.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 235 to 95 and 82 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.50 to $1242.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.82% or 2.17 to hit $39.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 5.55% or 2.19 to trade at $41.62 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.40% to 2.8508, while EUR/TRY fell 0.10% to 3.2542.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 94.19.