Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Sports sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.78% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO), which rose 10.30% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.570 at the close. Meanwhile, Gubre Fabrik. (IS:GUBRF) added 6.24% or 0.29 points to end at 4.94 and Turcas Petrol (IS:TRCAS) was up 6.12% or 0.090 points to 1.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 3.45% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.280 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) declined 3.19% or 0.030 points to end at 0.910 and T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) was down 2.10% or 0.22 points to 10.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 203 to 137 and 67 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.47% or 5.65 to $1194.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.91% or 0.48 to hit $52.53 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.39 to trade at $55.62 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.19% to 3.7543, while EUR/TRY fell 0.11% to 3.9882.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 101.40.