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Turkey shares higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.83%

Published 18/08/2018, 02:05 am
Turkey shares higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.83%
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Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Metals, Telecoms and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.83%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA), which rose 10.54% or 0.410 points to trade at 4.300 at the close. Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS (IS:EREGL) added 8.63% or 0.900 points to end at 11.330 and Alcatel Lucent Teletas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:ALCTL) was up 7.47% or 0.370 points to 5.320 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ), which lost 19.42% or 0.270 points to trade at 1.120 in late trade. Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) declined 5.67% or 1.36 points to end at 22.64 and Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) shed 5.13% or 0.200 points to 3.700.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 245 to 118 and 45 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1185.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.57% or 0.37 to hit $65.83 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 3.97% to 6.0657, while EUR/TRY rose 4.41% to 6.9408.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 96.16.

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