Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Food & Beverages and Real Estate Investments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME), which rose 4.07% or 0.090 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) added 3.94% or 0.050 points to end at 1.320 and Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR) was up 3.90% or 0.120 points to 3.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE), which fell 5.07% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.060 at the close. Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) declined 3.99% or 0.130 points to end at 3.130 and Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL) was down 3.85% or 0.290 points to 7.240.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 259 to 85 and 60 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 2.62% or 33.20 to $1233.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.31% or 1.48 to hit $43.18 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.16% or 1.45 to trade at $44.39 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.09% to 3.2540, while EUR/TRY fell 0.17% to 3.5335.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 98.97.