Turkey stocks higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.14%

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

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 1.14%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Trabzonspor Sportif Yatirim ve Futbol Isletmeciligi Ticaret AS (IS:TSPOR ), which rose 10.00% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Hektas Ticaret TAS (IS:HEKTS ) added 7.93% or 0.31 points to end at 4.22 and Tumosan Motor ve Traktor Sanayi AS (IS:TMSN ) was up 6.18% or 7.40 points to 127.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were LDR Turizm AS (IS:LIDER ), which fell 7.36% or 10.90 points to trade at 137.20 at the close. Smart Gunes Enerjisi Teknolojileri Arastirma Gelistirme Uretim Sanayi ve Ticaret (IS:SMRTG ) declined 5.97% or 2.62 points to end at 41.28 and Turkiye Sigorta AS (IS:TURSG ) was down 5.48% or 0.93 points to 16.05.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 348 to 211 and 26 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.40% or 10.61 to $2,658.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.81% or 0.59 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.35 to trade at $76.28 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.08% to 35.38, while EUR/TRY rose 0.35% to 36.41.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 108.96.

Source: Investing.com