Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Financials and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 2.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Borusan Yatirim ve Pazarlama AS (IS:BRYAT), which rose 3.68% or 69.00 points to trade at 1,942.00 at the close. MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK) added 2.65% or 8.25 points to end at 319.00 and Arcelik AS (IS:ARCLK) was up 2.65% or 3.80 points to 147.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK), which lost 5.82% or 3.10 points to trade at 50.15 in late trade. Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS (IS:SAHOL) declined 5.49% or 4.80 points to end at 82.70 and Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS (IS:YKBNK) shed 5.43% or 1.44 points to 25.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 432 to 134 and 11 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.93% or 25.30 to $2,732.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.50% or 1.77 to hit $68.90 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.36% or 1.76 to trade at $72.69 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.31% to 34.23, while EUR/TRY rose 0.39% to 37.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 103.35.