Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Sports sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.15% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Good-Year (IS:GOODY), which rose 7.45% or 9.40 points to trade at 135.60 at the close. Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) added 7.38% or 0.51 points to end at 7.42 and Do-Co (IS:DOCO) was up 7.00% or 21.20 points to 324.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which lost 6.43% or 0.25 points to trade at 3.64 in late trade. Vakiflar Bankasi (IS:VAKBN) declined 6.21% or 0.270 points to end at 4.080 and Yapi Ve Kredi Bank. (IS:YKBNK) shed 5.58% or 0.220 points to 3.720.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 188 to 149 and 69 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.15 to $1250.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $48.76 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.22% to 2.9823, while EUR/TRY fell 0.16% to 3.3438.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.42.