Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 0.40%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Leasing & Factoring , Non-Metal Mineral Products and Sports sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.40%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Cimsa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:CIMSA ), which rose 8.26% or 2.50 points to trade at 32.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER ) added 6.35% or 6.15 points to end at 103.00 and Astor Enerji AS (IS:ASTOR ) was up 5.23% or 3.85 points to 77.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO ), which fell 5.90% or 11.90 points to trade at 189.90 at the close. Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS (IS:TTRAK ) declined 2.17% or 16.00 points to end at 721.50 and Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI ) was down 2.00% or 1.55 points to 76.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 363 to 183 and 33 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 5.25 to $2,754.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.14% or 1.50 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.99% or 1.48 to trade at $75.86 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.21% to 34.29, while EUR/TRY rose 0.21% to 37.17.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.96.

Source: Investing.com