Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Metals and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC), which rose 6.76% or 0.89 points to trade at 14.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA) added 4.00% or 0.060 points to end at 1.560 and Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN) was up 3.92% or 8.40 points to 222.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which fell 5.56% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.040 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 4.98% or 0.110 points to end at 2.100 and Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) was down 4.63% or 0.050 points to 1.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 216 to 115 and 77 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.46% or 5.15 to $1135.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $55.03 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.05% to 3.5130, while EUR/TRY rose 0.19% to 3.6745.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 102.95.