By Investing.com – Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 added 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Reeder Teknoloji Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:REEDR), which rose 9.95% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Europower Enerji ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:EUPWR) added 6.36% or 2.12 points to end at 35.44 and Tukas Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:TUKAS) was up 5.46% or 0.36 points to 6.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayi AS (IS:BTCIM), which fell 3.40% or 5.50 points to trade at 156.20 at the close. Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:BRSAN) declined 2.83% or 13.75 points to end at 472.00 and Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) was down 2.79% or 3.50 points to 122.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 276 to 269 and 33 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 8.95 to $2,758.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.27% or 0.88 to hit $70.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.88 to trade at $73.69 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.25% to 34.34, while EUR/TRY fell 0.04% to 37.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 104.04.