Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Information Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 8.41% or 1.230 points to trade at 15.850 at the close. Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) added 5.19% or 0.320 points to end at 6.490 and Deva Holding AS (IS:DEVA) was up 4.41% or 0.200 points to 4.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL), which lost 3.34% or 0.51 points to trade at 14.76 in late trade. Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) declined 2.26% or 0.15 points to end at 6.50 and Halk Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:HLGYO) shed 2.15% or 0.020 points to 0.910.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 173 to 165 and 71 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.52% or 6.90 to $1335.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.73% or 1.10 to hit $62.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.30% or 0.89 to trade at $67.44 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.10% to 4.0472, while EUR/TRY rose 0.11% to 4.9684.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 89.86.