Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Insurance and Holdings & Investments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO), which rose 7.87% or 0.170 points to trade at 2.330 at the close. Meanwhile, Celebi (IS:CLEBI) added 7.46% or 1.50 points to end at 21.60 and Aksa Enerji (IS:AKSEN) was up 4.47% or 0.110 points to 2.570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which fell 4.46% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.070 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 4.42% or 0.050 points to end at 1.080 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was down 3.81% or 0.28 points to 7.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 199 to 121 and 87 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.45% or 5.95 to $1317.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.82% or 1.26 to hit $43.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.22 to trade at $45.67 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.26% to 2.9655, while EUR/TRY rose 0.62% to 3.3235.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 95.64.