Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Sports, Leasing & Factoring and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 7.44% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC) added 6.05% or 0.82 points to end at 14.37 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 5.56% or 0.070 points to 1.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which fell 8.62% or 0.56 points to trade at 5.94 at the close. Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO) declined 2.96% or 0.040 points to end at 1.310 and Alarko Gmyo (IS:ALGYO) was down 2.95% or 0.94 points to 30.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 187 to 151 and 73 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1256.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.34% or 1.35 to hit $41.71 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.76% or 1.61 to trade at $44.44 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.20% to 2.8383, while EUR/TRY rose 0.05% to 3.2340.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 94.03.