Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Textile & Leather, Information Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tumosan Motor Ve Traktor (IS:TMSN), which rose 7.54% or 0.540 points to trade at 7.700 at the close. Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) added 4.76% or 0.100 points to end at 2.200 and Kordsa Global (IS:KORDS) was up 4.75% or 0.31 points to 6.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA), which lost 4.44% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.860 in late trade. Anadolu Efes (IS:AEFES) declined 3.62% or 0.76 points to end at 20.24 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) shed 3.51% or 0.020 points to 0.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 193 to 134 and 77 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.23% or 16.45 to $1357.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.56% or 0.23 to hit $41.37 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.05 to trade at $43.28 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.79% to 2.9884, while EUR/TRY rose 0.02% to 3.3384.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.17% at 95.56.