Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Sports, Telecoms and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which rose 5.14% or 0.34 points to trade at 6.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) added 3.80% or 0.160 points to end at 4.370 and Halk Gmyo (IS:HLGYO) was up 2.30% or 0.020 points to 0.890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which fell 2.27% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.720 at the close. Petkim (IS:PETKM) declined 2.19% or 0.100 points to end at 4.460 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) was down 1.69% or 0.010 points to 0.580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 169 to 152 and 84 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.35 to $1248.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.61% or 0.81 to hit $49.63 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 0.92 to trade at $51.59 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.53% to 3.0576, while EUR/TRY rose 0.58% to 3.4110.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.85.