Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA), which rose 19.60% or 0.390 points to trade at 2.380 at the close. Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) added 10.10% or 0.210 points to end at 2.290 and SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) was up 8.30% or 0.800 points to 10.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL), which lost 2.79% or 0.76 points to trade at 26.44 in late trade. Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) declined 2.12% or 0.090 points to end at 4.160 and Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:CEMTS) shed 1.46% or 0.090 points to 6.060.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 94 and 62 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.41% or 5.00 to $1229.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $72.84 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.27% to 4.7959, while EUR/TRY rose 0.27% to 5.6180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 94.36.