Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electricity, Textile & Leather and Holdings & Investments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 2.05% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA), which rose 20.00% or 0.290 points to trade at 1.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Global Yat. Holding (IS:GLYHO) added 1.31% or 0.020 points to end at 1.550 and Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) was up 0.97% or 0.010 points to 1.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anadolu Cam (IS:ANACM), which fell 5.31% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.960 at the close. Bizim Magazalari (IS:BIZIM) declined 4.65% or 0.74 points to end at 15.19 and Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) was down 4.36% or 0.22 points to 4.83.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 296 to 53 and 61 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.63% or 21.05 to $1309.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.56% or 1.71 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.61% or 1.77 to trade at $47.20 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.76% to 2.9473, while EUR/TRY fell 0.15% to 3.2906.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 95.34.