Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Wood, Paper & Printing, Telecoms and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC), which rose 3.38% or 0.45 points to trade at 13.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret D (IS:KRDMD) added 2.82% or 0.040 points to end at 1.460 and Petkim (IS:PETKM) was up 1.83% or 0.080 points to 4.460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which fell 4.76% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) declined 3.95% or 0.030 points to end at 0.730 and Gubre Fabrik. (IS:GUBRF) was down 3.64% or 0.20 points to 5.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 180 to 147 and 79 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.52% or 7.00 to $1355.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.71% or 1.27 to hit $48.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 0.84 to trade at $50.69 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.21% to 2.9287, while EUR/TRY rose 0.60% to 3.3210.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.29.