Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Transport, Basic Metals and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Carrefoursa Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which rose 6.57% or 0.46 points to trade at 7.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL) added 4.90% or 0.320 points to end at 6.850 and Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) was up 3.97% or 0.300 points to 7.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 3.57% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.270 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) declined 2.91% or 0.030 points to end at 1.000 and Alarko Holding (IS:ALARK) was down 2.59% or 0.110 points to 4.130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 175 to 158 and 75 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.61% or 7.15 to $1165.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.06% or 0.54 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.17 to trade at $54.06 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.28% to 3.4866, while EUR/TRY rose 0.52% to 3.6765.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 101.67.