Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Metal Products & Machinery, Basic Metals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Good-Year (IS:GOODY), which rose 9.04% or 0.30 points to trade at 3.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelik (IS:ARCLK) added 7.13% or 1.35 points to end at 20.28 and Tofas Oto. Fab. (IS:TOASO) was up 6.26% or 1.48 points to 25.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which fell 6.98% or 1.80 points to trade at 23.98 at the close. Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) declined 2.08% or 0.020 points to end at 0.940 and Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) was down 1.71% or 0.030 points to 1.720.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 219 to 108 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tofas Oto. Fab. (IS:TOASO) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.26% or 1.48 to 25.12.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.34% or 17.75 to $1338.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $49.83 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.64% to 2.8950, while EUR/TRY rose 1.02% to 3.2285.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 95.62.