Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Telecoms and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS), which rose 3.48% or 0.400 points to trade at 11.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS) added 3.01% or 0.560 points to end at 19.140 and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:AKSA) was up 2.81% or 0.38 points to 13.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE), which fell 5.42% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.620 at the close. Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) declined 3.85% or 0.130 points to end at 3.250 and Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAL) was down 3.14% or 0.68 points to 21.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 190 to 148 and 71 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.06% or 12.97 to $1210.33 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.90% or 1.32 to hit $44.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.93% or 1.41 to trade at $46.70 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.04% to 3.6220, while EUR/TRY fell 0.26% to 4.1293.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.82.