Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 2.09%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN), which rose 9.03% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Tekstilbank (IS:TEKST) added 7.51% or 0.160 points to end at 2.290 and Coca Cola Icecek (IS:CCOLA) was up 4.46% or 1.70 points to 39.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which fell 19.09% or 1.89 points to trade at 8.01 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 4.17% or 0.010 points to end at 0.240 and Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) was down 0.96% or 0.15 points to 15.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 296 to 104 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tekstilbank (IS:TEKST) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.51% or 0.160 to 2.290.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.62% or 6.70 to $1095.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.81% or 0.88 to hit $47.64 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 0.72 to trade at $52.59 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.78% to 2.7612, while EUR/TRY rose 0.05% to 3.0453.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 97.02.