Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Tourism and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 19.96% or 3.98 points to trade at 23.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC) added 4.69% or 0.56 points to end at 12.50 and Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) was up 4.62% or 0.150 points to 3.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL), which fell 6.47% or 0.91 points to trade at 13.15 at the close. Do-Co (IS:DOCO) declined 4.82% or 12.70 points to end at 250.60 and Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) was down 2.87% or 0.050 points to 1.690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 217 to 132 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.47% or 0.91 to 13.15.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.88% or 11.65 to $1329.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.65% or 1.27 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.72% or 1.34 to trade at $50.60 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.38% to 2.8942, while EUR/TRY rose 0.09% to 3.2168.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 95.75.