Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Tourism, Telecoms and Non-Metal Mineral Products sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yazicilar Holding AS (IS:AGHOL), which rose 6.79% or 1.64 points to trade at 25.78 at the close. Trakya Cam Sanayi AS (IS:TRKCM) added 5.26% or 0.240 points to end at 4.800 and Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret AS (IS:DOAS) was up 3.94% or 0.33 points to 8.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which lost 3.47% or 0.38 points to trade at 10.57 in late trade. ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS) declined 1.35% or 0.090 points to end at 6.600 and Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (IS:AKSEN) shed 1.12% or 0.050 points to 4.410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 73 and 47 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1319.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.35% or 0.84 to hit $61.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.65 to trade at $67.42 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.29% to 3.7370, while EUR/TRY fell 0.54% to 4.4996.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 91.73.