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Turkey shares higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.14%

Published 03/02/2017, 16:05
Updated 03/02/2017, 16:05
Turkey shares higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.14%

Turkey shares higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.14%

Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Tourism, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.14% to hit a new 52-week high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE), which rose 6.76% or 0.890 points to trade at 14.050 at the close. Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) added 5.51% or 0.070 points to end at 1.340 and Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC) was up 5.35% or 0.170 points to 3.350 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER), which lost 2.55% or 0.47 points to trade at 17.93 in late trade. Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) declined 1.74% or 0.900 points to end at 50.900 and Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) shed 1.54% or 0.020 points to 1.280.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 198 to 139 and 71 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.11% or 1.35 to $1220.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.90% or 0.48 to hit $54.02 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.54 to trade at $57.10 a barrel.

USD/TRY was down 1.12% to 3.6957, while EUR/TRY fell 0.93% to 3.9874.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.61.

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