Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Sports, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Leasing & Factoring sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.41% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 17.58% or 4.15 points to trade at 27.75 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 3.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.270 and Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) was up 3.42% or 0.25 points to 7.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which lost 6.54% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.860 in late trade. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 5.80% or 0.160 points to end at 2.600 and Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) shed 4.34% or 0.42 points to 9.26.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 226 to 174 and 11 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.18% or 2.20 to $1223.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.87% or 0.52 to hit $59.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.23 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.48% to 2.5777, while EUR/TRY fell 0.31% to 2.9495.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 93.33.