Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Real Estate Investments and Sports sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which rose 5.78% or 8.00 points to trade at 146.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 3.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.270 and Tat Konserve (IS:TATGD) was up 3.24% or 0.180 points to 5.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which fell 4.62% or 1.40 points to trade at 28.90 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 2.86% or 0.070 points to end at 2.380 and Eregli Demir Celik (IS:EREGL) was down 2.72% or 0.120 points to 4.290.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 219 to 179 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.44% or 17.40 to $1187.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.71% or 1.62 to hit $58.10 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.97% or 1.95 to trade at $63.58 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.01% to 2.6419, while EUR/TRY rose 0.06% to 2.8739.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.97% at 97.39.