Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Basic Metals and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 13.40% or 4.04 points to trade at 34.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 3.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.280 and Enka Insaat (IS:ENKAI) was up 2.81% or 0.140 points to 5.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA), which fell 4.67% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.450 at the close. Coca Cola Icecek (IS:CCOLA) declined 3.48% or 1.16 points to end at 32.22 and Metro Holding (IS:METRO) was down 3.09% or 0.030 points to 0.940.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 196 to 140 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enka Insaat (IS:ENKAI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.81% or 0.140 to 5.120.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.57% or 6.65 to $1165.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.96% or 0.51 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.21 to trade at $55.51 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.84% to 3.4638, while EUR/TRY fell 0.55% to 3.6919.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 100.79.