Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Tourism 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 Kocaer Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KCAER), which rose 6.67% or 3.19 points to trade at 51.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Agrotech Yuksek Teknoloji ve Yatirim AS (IS:AGROT) added 4.23% or 0.90 points to end at 22.18 and TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) was up 3.68% or 9.75 points to 274.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:AKSA), which fell 8.67% or 1.02 points to trade at 10.75 at the close. Ard Grup Bilisim Teknolojileri AS (IS:ARDYZ) declined 4.46% or 1.76 points to end at 37.70 and Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) was down 3.96% or 2.30 points to 55.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 391 to 172 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi AS (IS:AKSA) fell to 3-years lows; down 8.67% or 1.02 to 10.75.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.16% or 52.15 to $2,363.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.31% or 0.24 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $81.72 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.71% to 33.01, while EUR/TRY rose 0.93% to 35.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.03.