Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Basic Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 7.51% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.860 at the close. Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) added 5.76% or 0.160 points to end at 2.940 and Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) was up 5.60% or 0.150 points to 2.830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which lost 6.82% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.410 in late trade. Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC) declined 3.25% or 0.68 points to end at 20.22 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) shed 2.50% or 0.050 points to 1.950.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 169 to 158 and 80 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1245.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.40 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $53.27 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.16% to 3.6453, while EUR/TRY fell 0.03% to 3.8998.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 100.19.