Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Wood, Paper & Printing and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which rose 9.68% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Zorlu Enerji (IS:ZOREN) added 2.74% or 0.040 points to end at 1.500 and Pegasus (IS:PGSUS) was up 2.73% or 0.400 points to 15.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS), which fell 4.51% or 0.420 points to trade at 8.890 at the close. Dogan Holding (IS:DOHOL) declined 4.49% or 0.040 points to end at 0.850 and Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN) was down 3.45% or 0.040 points to 1.120.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 265 to 96 and 47 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.82% or 9.95 to $1202.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.70% or 0.36 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.31 to trade at $54.23 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.91% to 3.8310, while EUR/TRY rose 0.88% to 4.0747.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 101.39.