Turkey shares higher at close of trade; BIST 100 up 1.73%

Investing.com – Turkey equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Leasing&Factoring, Insurance and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 gained 1.73%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS (IS:KTLEV), which rose 9.96% or 4.77 points to trade at 52.65 at the close. Hektas Ticaret TAS (IS:HEKTS) added 9.92% or 1.08 points to end at 11.97 and Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) was up 8.07% or 830.00 points to 11,115.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tukas Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:TUKAS), which lost 3.44% or 0.27 points to trade at 7.57 in late trade. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL) declined 3.27% or 3.20 points to end at 94.60 and TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) shed 2.66% or 7.00 points to 256.25.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 490 to 78 and 9 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.05% or 27.10 to $2,607.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.86% or 0.59 to hit $69.56 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.59 to trade at $72.56 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.04% to 33.92, while EUR/TRY rose 0.16% to 37.60.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 101.00.