Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Technology and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which rose 3.42% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.210 at the close. Meanwhile, Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN) added 2.86% or 6.50 points to end at 234.00 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) was up 2.50% or 0.170 points to 6.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA), which fell 5.15% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.840 at the close. Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS) declined 5.13% or 0.60 points to end at 11.10 and Migros Ticaret (IS:MGROS) was down 4.31% or 0.75 points to 16.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 276 to 118 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 3.80 to $1120.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.20% or 0.56 to hit $46.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.73 to trade at $49.95 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.93% to 2.9989, while EUR/TRY rose 0.83% to 3.3355.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 96.40.