Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Metal Products & Machinery, Tourism and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN), which rose 6.75% or 16.60 points to trade at 262.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Anadolu Cam (IS:ANACM) added 5.13% or 0.140 points to end at 2.870 and Deva Holding (IS:DEVA) was up 4.05% or 0.140 points to 3.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Halk Gmyo (IS:HLGYO), which fell 2.17% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Ayen Enerji (IS:AYEN) declined 2.11% or 0.100 points to end at 4.630 and Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ) was down 1.32% or 0.010 points to 0.750.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 224 to 108 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anadolu Cam (IS:ANACM) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.13% or 0.140 to 2.870.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.45% or 5.30 to $1176.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.32% or 0.17 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.33 to trade at $56.56 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.92% to 3.6261, while EUR/TRY rose 0.67% to 3.8352.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 101.82.