Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Banking and Real Estate Investments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.96%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL), which rose 3.70% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Turk Telekom (IS:TTKOM) added 1.52% or 0.10 points to end at 6.67 and Tofas Oto. Fab. (IS:TOASO) was up 1.42% or 0.32 points to 22.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were T. Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB), which fell 8.70% or 1.00 points to trade at 10.50 at the close. Turk Hava Yollari (IS:THYAO) declined 4.77% or 0.380 points to end at 7.580 and Emlak Konut Gmyo (IS:EKGYO) was down 4.56% or 0.130 points to 2.720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 289 to 67 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tofas Oto. Fab. (IS:TOASO) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.42% or 0.32 to 22.90.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.26% or 3.20 to $1247.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.41% or 0.17 to hit $41.35 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.19 to trade at $41.73 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.23% to 2.8682, while EUR/TRY fell 0.02% to 3.2163.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.69.