Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Sports, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Basic Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yeo Teknoloji Enerji ve Endustri AS (IS:YEOTK), which rose 9.97% or 17.00 points to trade at 187.50 at the close. Agrotech Yuksek Teknoloji ve Yatirim AS (IS:AGROT) added 7.17% or 1.18 points to end at 17.63 and Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) was up 6.77% or 7.10 points to 112.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (IS:AKSEN), which lost 7.15% or 3.44 points to trade at 44.70 in late trade. Konya Cimento Sanayi AS (IS:KONYA) declined 4.67% or 395.00 points to end at 8,055.00 and Is Yatirim Menkul Degerler AS (IS:ISMEN) shed 3.32% or 1.18 points to 34.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 386 to 161 and 22 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.05% or 24.45 to $2,342.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.23% or 0.18 to hit $78.44 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $82.64 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.31% to 32.70, while EUR/TRY rose 0.85% to 34.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 105.18.