Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Transport and Metal Products & Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which rose 5.99% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) added 5.83% or 0.130 points to end at 2.360 and Logo Yazilim (IS:LOGO) was up 5.25% or 2.540 points to 50.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which fell 6.67% or 2.80 points to trade at 39.20 at the close. Good-Year (IS:GOODY) declined 2.73% or 0.11 points to end at 3.92 and Sabanci Holding (IS:SAHOL) was down 2.49% or 0.24 points to 9.39.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 189 to 138 and 79 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.23% or 2.95 to $1269.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 0.78 to hit $49.96 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.62% or 0.81 to trade at $50.79 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.97% to 3.1109, while EUR/TRY rose 0.89% to 3.3931.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 98.87.