Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Leasing & Factoring and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Pegasus (IS:PGSUS), which rose 6.23% or 0.830 points to trade at 14.150 at the close. Aygaz (IS:AYGAZ) added 5.90% or 0.67 points to end at 12.03 and Aselsan (IS:ASELS) was up 5.13% or 0.62 points to 12.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which lost 2.56% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.760 in late trade. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 2.28% or 0.050 points to end at 2.140 and Anadolu Efes (IS:AEFES) shed 2.16% or 0.39 points to 17.63.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 193 to 134 and 84 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1158.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $53.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.25 to trade at $56.60 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.14% to 3.5194, while EUR/TRY rose 0.41% to 3.7138.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 102.14.