Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Sports and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gubre Fabrik. (IS:GUBRF), which rose 5.47% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Pegasus (IS:PGSUS) added 3.00% or 0.360 points to end at 12.360 and Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) was up 2.48% or 0.060 points to 2.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA), which fell 5.19% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.190 at the close. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) declined 3.82% or 1.36 points to end at 34.22 and Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) was down 3.81% or 0.32 points to 8.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 206 to 118 and 81 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.15 to $1254.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.18% or 0.60 to hit $50.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.43 to trade at $51.98 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.17% to 3.0893, while EUR/TRY fell 0.14% to 3.4048.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.94.