Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Investments, Insurance and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which rose 12.38% or 0.93 points to trade at 8.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Good-Year (IS:GOODY) added 11.42% or 0.41 points to end at 4.00 and Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL) was up 7.72% or 0.590 points to 8.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nurol Gmyo (IS:NUGYO), which fell 9.58% or 0.460 points to trade at 4.340 at the close. Migros Ticaret (IS:MGROS) declined 3.84% or 0.71 points to end at 17.76 and Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA) was down 3.36% or 0.050 points to 1.440.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 184 to 140 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) rose to 52-week highs; rising 12.38% or 0.93 to 8.44. Shares in Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.72% or 0.590 to 8.230.
Gold for December delivery was down 2.61% or 34.25 to $1278.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $48.94 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.27 to trade at $51.16 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.23% to 3.0559, while EUR/TRY rose 1.06% to 3.4214.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.08.