Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Banking and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 2.36%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which rose 3.70% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.270 at the close. Meanwhile, Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE) added 3.39% or 0.100 points to end at 3.050 and Ford Otosan (IS:FROTO) was up 1.69% or 0.55 points to 33.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aksa (IS:AKSA), which fell 4.85% or 0.55 points to trade at 10.80 at the close. Teknosa IC Ve Dis Ticaret (IS:TKNSA) declined 4.79% or 0.380 points to end at 7.560 and Migros Ticaret (IS:MGROS) was down 4.68% or 1.05 points to 21.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 304 to 102 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 2.50% or 30.30 to $1179.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.90% or 0.53 to hit $59.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.53 to trade at $66.36 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.59% to 2.6759, while EUR/TRY rose 0.96% to 2.9899.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.28.