Turkey stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Wholesale&Retail Trade, Sports and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 rose 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ittifak Holding AS (IS:ITTFH), which rose 10.96% or 0.630 points to trade at 6.380 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) added 6.00% or 0.030 points to end at 0.530 and Sok Marketler (IS:SOKM) was up 3.89% or 0.35 points to 9.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polisan Holding AS (IS:POLHO), which fell 11.50% or 0.390 points to trade at 3.000 at the close. Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESTL) declined 8.45% or 1.130 points to end at 12.240 and Verusa Holding AS (IS:VERUS) was down 4.95% or 0.99 points to 19.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 197 to 146 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ittifak Holding AS (IS:ITTFH) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 10.96% or 0.630 to 6.380. Shares in Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.00% or 0.030 to 0.530.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.82% or 10.55 to $1290.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.67% or 2.39 to hit $62.82 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 3.56% or 2.65 to trade at $71.70 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.41% to 5.9483, while EUR/TRY rose 0.64% to 6.6360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 97.688.
