Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Basic Metals and Sports sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Erbosan (IS:ERBOS), which rose 4.45% or 1.50 points to trade at 35.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 4.35% or 0.010 points to end at 0.240 and Good-Year (IS:GOODY) was up 3.74% or 2.20 points to 60.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS), which fell 4.24% or 0.50 points to trade at 11.30 at the close. Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) declined 3.50% or 0.22 points to end at 6.06 and Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) was down 3.48% or 0.040 points to 1.110.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 266 to 131 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.48% or 0.040 to 1.110.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.50 to $1093.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.03% or 0.46 to hit $44.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.59 to trade at $48.92 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.07% to 2.7780, while EUR/TRY rose 0.51% to 3.0476.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 97.65.