Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Transport and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which rose 21.22% or 1.22 points to trade at 6.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestel (IS:VESTL) added 6.50% or 0.290 points to end at 4.750 and Ege Endustri (IS:EGEEN) was up 6.14% or 13.50 points to 233.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA), which fell 6.37% or 26.00 points to trade at 382.00 at the close. Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) declined 4.31% or 0.11 points to end at 2.44 and Tat Konserve (IS:TATGD) was down 2.63% or 0.190 points to 7.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 221 to 182 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.57% or 6.80 to $1177.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.08% or 0.65 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.49% or 0.94 to trade at $64.28 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.58% to 2.6810, while EUR/TRY fell 0.87% to 2.9972.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.08% at 95.54.