Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Transport and Basic Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which rose 7.50% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME) added 6.98% or 0.150 points to end at 2.300 and Bim Magazalar (IS:BIMAS) was up 5.70% or 3.05 points to 56.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metro Holding (IS:METRO), which fell 14.38% or 0.220 points to trade at 1.310 at the close. Anadolu Cam (IS:ANACM) declined 4.55% or 0.150 points to end at 3.150 and Pegasus (IS:PGSUS) was down 3.35% or 0.520 points to 15.020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 204 to 136 and 64 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.47% or 5.75 to $1219.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.34% or 0.18 to hit $53.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $56.14 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.72% to 3.6871, while EUR/TRY fell 0.75% to 3.9013.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.75.