Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Sports, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 0.93% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vestel (IS:VESTL), which rose 9.41% or 0.610 points to trade at 7.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Pegasus (IS:PGSUS) added 6.50% or 0.980 points to end at 16.050 and Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) was up 5.64% or 0.250 points to 4.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 2.94% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.330 at the close. Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) declined 1.76% or 0.900 points to end at 50.200 and Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) was down 1.69% or 0.30 points to 17.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 230 to 108 and 70 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.55 to $1203.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.48% or 1.29 to hit $53.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.57% or 1.39 to trade at $55.55 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.88% to 3.7933, while EUR/TRY fell 0.79% to 4.0519.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 101.03.