Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Tourism, Basic Metals and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN), which rose 7.14% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Parsan (IS:PARSN) added 3.61% or 0.310 points to end at 8.890 and Yapi Ve Kredi Bank. (IS:YKBNK) was up 3.05% or 0.120 points to 4.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Soda Sanayii (IS:SODA), which lost 5.37% or 0.260 points to trade at 4.580 in late trade. Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) declined 2.87% or 0.22 points to end at 7.45 and Do-Co (IS:DOCO) shed 2.81% or 9.00 points to 311.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 167 to 165 and 77 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.63% or 7.65 to $1212.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $49.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.41 to trade at $49.18 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.65% to 2.9548, while EUR/TRY rose 0.05% to 3.2906.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.50.