Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL), which rose 3.61% or 0.53 points to trade at 15.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Aselsan (IS:ASELS) added 3.35% or 0.58 points to end at 17.90 and Kartonsan (IS:KARTN) was up 3.29% or 10.00 points to 314.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turcas Petrol (IS:TRCAS), which fell 7.53% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.720 at the close. Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) declined 3.33% or 0.040 points to end at 1.160 and Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) was down 2.87% or 0.100 points to 3.390.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 215 to 133 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aselsan (IS:ASELS) rose to all time highs; up 3.35% or 0.58 to 17.90.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.16% or 1.90 to $1205.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.92% or 0.93 to hit $47.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 0.72 to trade at $50.63 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.05% to 3.7440, while EUR/TRY fell 0.05% to 3.9857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.34.