Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.73%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Leasing&Factoring, Insurance and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.73%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS (IS:KTLEV), which rose 9.96% or 4.77 points to trade at 52.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Hektas Ticaret TAS (IS:HEKTS) added 9.92% or 1.08 points to end at 11.97 and Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) was up 8.07% or 830.00 points to 11,115.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tukas Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:TUKAS), which fell 3.44% or 0.27 points to trade at 7.57 at the close. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL) declined 3.27% or 3.20 points to end at 94.60 and TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) was down 2.66% or 7.00 points to 256.25.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 490 to 78 and 9 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.03% or 26.50 to $2,607.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.86% or 0.59 to hit $69.56 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.59 to trade at $72.56 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.04% to 33.92, while EUR/TRY rose 0.15% to 37.60.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 101.00.