Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Holding (IS:METRO), which rose 20.00% or 0.140 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) added 9.62% or 0.200 points to end at 2.280 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 6.85% or 0.150 points to 2.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 3.13% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.310 at the close. Celebi (IS:CLEBI) declined 2.96% or 0.62 points to end at 20.30 and Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) was down 2.94% or 0.050 points to 1.650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 252 to 94 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metro Holding (IS:METRO) rose to 52-week highs; up 20.00% or 0.140 to 0.840. Shares in Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.62% or 0.200 to 2.280. Shares in Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.85% or 0.150 to 2.340.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.35 to $1258.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.23 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $51.81 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.05% to 3.0891, while EUR/TRY rose 0.41% to 3.4138.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.64.