Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Transport, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 8.28% or 0.870 points to trade at 11.380 at the close. Anel Elektrik Proje Taahhut ve Ticaret AS (IS:ANELE) added 5.92% or 0.200 points to end at 3.580 and Galatasaray Sportif Sinai ve Ticari Yatirimlar AS (IS:GSRAY) was up 5.07% or 0.31 points to 6.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN), which lost 3.08% or 0.51 points to trade at 16.06 in late trade. Sekerbank TAS (IS:SKBNK) declined 2.91% or 0.050 points to end at 1.670 and Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN) shed 2.61% or 0.170 points to 6.340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 149 and 59 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 6.70 to $1277.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.57% or 0.33 to hit $58.03 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.21 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.23% to 3.8102, while EUR/TRY fell 0.66% to 4.5121.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.03.