Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Information Technology and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN), which rose 5.63% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS) added 3.97% or 0.310 points to end at 8.120 and Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) was up 3.73% or 0.120 points to 3.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN), which fell 4.05% or 0.29 points to trade at 6.87 at the close. Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) declined 4.00% or 0.020 points to end at 0.480 and Eregli Demir Celik (IS:EREGL) was down 3.88% or 0.160 points to 3.960.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 261 to 76 and 70 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.65% or 7.95 to $1209.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $48.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.15 to trade at $49.74 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.29% to 2.9410, while EUR/TRY fell 0.08% to 3.2820.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 95.61.