Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Basic Metals and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO), which rose 14.78% or 0.340 points to trade at 2.640 at the close. Meanwhile, Alarko Gmyo (IS:ALGYO) added 3.41% or 0.90 points to end at 27.30 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was up 3.38% or 0.17 points to 5.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS), which fell 4.61% or 0.470 points to trade at 9.730 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 3.57% or 0.010 points to end at 0.270 and Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) was down 3.27% or 0.450 points to 13.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 228 to 176 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) rose to all time highs; up 14.78% or 0.340 to 2.640. Shares in Alarko Gmyo (IS:ALGYO) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.41% or 0.90 to 27.30.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.32% or 3.90 to $1210.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.82% or 1.61 to hit $58.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.20% or 1.43 to trade at $66.06 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.35% to 2.6496, while EUR/TRY rose 1.41% to 2.9634.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.37% at 94.87.