Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Basic Metals and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Nurol Gmyo (IS:NUGYO), which rose 3.75% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) added 3.05% or 1.550 points to end at 52.400 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was up 2.78% or 0.010 points to 0.370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC), which fell 5.15% or 0.190 points to trade at 3.500 at the close. Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) declined 2.92% or 0.080 points to end at 2.660 and Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME) was down 2.83% or 0.060 points to 2.060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 232 to 104 and 70 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.44% or 5.45 to $1256.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.45 to trade at $56.13 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.67% to 3.5928, while EUR/TRY rose 0.53% to 3.7999.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.02.