Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Information Technology and Leasing & Factoring sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which rose 13.33% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ) added 8.96% or 0.060 points to end at 0.730 and Erbosan (IS:ERBOS) was up 2.53% or 0.90 points to 36.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA), which fell 4.69% or 16.00 points to trade at 325.00 at the close. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) declined 4.11% or 1.15 points to end at 26.85 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was down 3.57% or 0.010 points to 0.270.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 264 to 133 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.60% or 7.00 to $1168.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $57.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.20 to trade at $61.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.43% to 2.6793, while EUR/TRY fell 0.74% to 2.9781.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.00% at 96.45.