Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Basic Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 7.51% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.860 at the close. Meanwhile, Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) added 5.76% or 0.160 points to end at 2.940 and Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) was up 5.60% or 0.150 points to 2.830 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 6.82% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.410 at the close. Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC) declined 3.25% or 0.68 points to end at 20.22 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was down 2.50% or 0.050 points to 1.950.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 169 to 158 and 80 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1245.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.15 to trade at $53.28 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.16% to 3.6453, while EUR/TRY fell 0.03% to 3.8998.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 100.19.