Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Basic Metals and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi AS (IS:IZMDC), which rose 16.59% or 0.370 points to trade at 2.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA) added 7.51% or 0.250 points to end at 3.580 and Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik AS (IS:HURGZ) was up 4.65% or 0.060 points to 1.350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO), which fell 4.76% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Alkim Alkali Kimya AS (IS:ALKIM) declined 4.69% or 1.00 points to end at 20.30 and Trakya Cam Sanayi AS (IS:TRKCM) was down 4.36% or 0.190 points to 4.170.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 247 to 99 and 60 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.73% or 1.85 to hit $66.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.60 to trade at $74.72 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.74% to 4.5484, while EUR/TRY fell 1.39% to 5.2564.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.73.