Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Transport, Telecoms and Holdings & Investments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.18% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 4.59% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.280 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 3.17% or 0.020 points to end at 0.650 and Sasa Polyester (IS:SASA) was up 2.63% or 0.060 points to 2.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS), which lost 5.80% or 0.80 points to trade at 13.00 in late trade. Migros Ticaret (IS:MGROS) declined 4.60% or 0.80 points to end at 16.60 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) shed 4.35% or 0.010 points to 0.230.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 270 to 125 and 15 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.70 to $1158.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.73% or 1.13 to hit $40.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.63% or 1.23 to trade at $45.40 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.09% to 2.9183, while EUR/TRY rose 1.02% to 3.3146.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.79% at 95.01.