Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 0.66%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Telecoms and Basic Metals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.66%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Adel Kalemcilik Ticaret ve Sanayi AS (IS:ADEL), which rose 6.88% or 2.42 points to trade at 37.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Peker Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:PEKGY) added 6.49% or 0.10 points to end at 1.64 and Girisim Elektrik Taahhut Ticaret & Sanayi AS (IS:GESAN) was up 6.03% or 2.85 points to 50.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS (IS:MPARK), which fell 3.80% or 15.75 points to trade at 398.25 at the close. Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI) declined 3.28% or 67.00 points to end at 1,975.00 and Enerya Enerji AS (IS:ENERY) was down 3.13% or 9.25 points to 286.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 420 to 139 and 19 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.21% or 32.69 to $2,676.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.93% or 0.65 to hit $70.67 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.54 to trade at $73.95 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.23% to 34.95, while EUR/TRY rose 0.48% to 36.69.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.75.