Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL), which rose 19.23% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.240 at the close. Meanwhile, Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) added 15.65% or 0.230 points to end at 1.700 and SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) was up 5.30% or 0.750 points to 14.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER), which fell 4.14% or 0.94 points to trade at 21.76 at the close. Coca-Cola Icecek AS (IS:CCOLA) declined 2.78% or 1.04 points to end at 36.32 and Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari AS (IS:BIZIM) was down 2.54% or 0.21 points to 8.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 232 to 122 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 19.23% or 0.200 to 1.240. Shares in Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 15.65% or 0.230 to 1.700. Shares in SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.30% or 0.750 to 14.900.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.68% or 22.30 to $1349.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.96% or 1.26 to hit $65.56 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.84% or 1.27 to trade at $70.18 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.75% to 3.9645, while EUR/TRY rose 1.17% to 4.9013.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.08.