Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Global Yatirim Holding AS (IS:GLYHO), which rose 12.28% or 0.490 points to trade at 4.480 at the close. Meanwhile, Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari AS (IS:BIZIM) added 6.16% or 0.45 points to end at 7.75 and Anadolu Cam Sanayi AS (IS:ANACM) was up 5.90% or 0.190 points to 3.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA), which fell 4.52% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.220 at the close. Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) declined 4.49% or 1.08 points to end at 23.00 and CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA) was down 4.29% or 0.26 points to 5.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 253 to 122 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anadolu Cam Sanayi AS (IS:ANACM) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.90% or 0.190 to 3.410.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.86% or 11.30 to $1306.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.75% or 1.08 to hit $60.56 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.99% or 1.29 to trade at $63.44 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.29% to 3.8098, while EUR/TRY rose 0.17% to 4.6435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 90.79.