Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Metal Products & Machinery and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 6.50% or 0.410 points to trade at 6.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESTL) added 5.61% or 0.540 points to end at 10.160 and Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS) was up 3.88% or 1.420 points to 38.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI), which fell 4.79% or 4.60 points to trade at 91.40 at the close. Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO) declined 3.00% or 0.030 points to end at 0.970 and Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN) was down 2.19% or 0.080 points to 3.580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 172 to 171 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.88% or 1.420 to 38.020.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.73% or 9.85 to $1353.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.88% or 0.46 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.78 to trade at $62.09 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.36% to 5.8829, while EUR/TRY fell 0.17% to 6.5983.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 97.460.