Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Technology and Leasing & Factoring sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL), which rose 5.22% or 0.61 points to trade at 12.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Alarko Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:ALGYO) added 3.95% or 1.60 points to end at 42.10 and Arcelik AS (IS:ARCLK) was up 2.67% or 0.33 points to 12.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:ASELS), which fell 4.01% or 1.14 points to trade at 27.28 at the close. Turk Hava Yollari AO (IS:THYAO) declined 3.91% or 0.670 points to end at 16.450 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was down 3.73% or 0.050 points to 1.290.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 254 to 111 and 44 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.50% or 6.10 to $1225.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.74% or 0.51 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.66 to trade at $74.59 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.75% to 4.8565, while EUR/TRY rose 1.19% to 5.6664.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 94.48.