Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Textile & Leather, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.55% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Banvit Bandirma Vitaminli Yem Sanayi AS (IS:BANVT), which rose 19.94% or 3.980 points to trade at 23.940 at the close. Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) added 8.64% or 1.160 points to end at 14.590 and Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE) was up 5.35% or 0.190 points to 3.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER), which lost 2.16% or 0.46 points to trade at 20.88 in late trade. Albaraka Turk Katilim Bankasi AS (IS:ALBRK) declined 2.05% or 0.030 points to end at 1.430 and SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) shed 1.66% or 0.140 points to 8.280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 183 to 146 and 73 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.42 to $1296.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.12 to trade at $52.16 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.01% to 3.4489, while EUR/TRY fell 0.36% to 4.0971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 92.70.