Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Information Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were AK Enerji (IS:AKENR), which rose 14.95% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Eczacibasi Yatirim (IS:ECZYT) added 10.89% or 1.10 points to end at 11.20 and Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC) was up 4.90% or 0.140 points to 3.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Izmir Demir Celik (IS:IZMDC), which fell 5.54% or 0.15 points to trade at 2.56 at the close. Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) declined 4.73% or 0.46 points to end at 9.26 and Aksa (IS:AKSA) was down 4.18% or 0.50 points to 11.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 222 to 182 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eczacibasi Yatirim (IS:ECZYT) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.89% or 1.10 to 11.20.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.19% or 14.30 to $1188.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $56.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.59 to trade at $62.67 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.04% to 2.7132, while EUR/TRY rose 0.90% to 2.9102.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.26.