Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC), which rose 19.74% or 0.45 points to trade at 2.73 at the close. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) added 17.15% or 3.25 points to end at 22.20 and Bim Magazalar (IS:BIMAS) was up 5.60% or 3.20 points to 60.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tupras (IS:TUPRS), which lost 6.32% or 4.50 points to trade at 66.65 in late trade. Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) declined 5.56% or 0.030 points to end at 0.510 and Tat Konserve (IS:TATGD) shed 4.50% or 0.260 points to 5.520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 195 to 152 and 63 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.77% or 22.55 to $1294.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.71% or 0.76 to hit $45.08 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 0.78 to trade at $45.79 a barrel.
USD/TRY was unchanged 0.00% to 2.9238, while EUR/TRY rose 0.10% to 3.3407.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 93.67.