Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Sports and Basic Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Brisa (IS:BRISA), which rose 6.12% or 0.48 points to trade at 8.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Aksa Enerji (IS:AKSEN) added 4.53% or 0.130 points to end at 3.000 and Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) was up 4.35% or 0.38 points to 9.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which fell 3.95% or 1.05 points to trade at 25.50 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 3.57% or 0.010 points to end at 0.270 and Aselsan (IS:ASELS) was down 3.02% or 0.45 points to 14.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 247 to 156 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1187.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 0.56 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $62.09 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.83% to 2.6641, while EUR/TRY rose 0.88% to 2.9071.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.46.