By 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.
