Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Sports, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER), which rose 4.96% or 2.02 points to trade at 42.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Brisa (IS:BRISA) added 3.38% or 0.27 points to end at 8.27 and Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) was up 2.74% or 0.12 points to 4.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS), which fell 15.25% or 0.90 points to trade at 5.00 at the close. Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) declined 4.35% or 0.010 points to end at 0.220 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was down 3.44% or 0.19 points to 5.33.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 234 to 117 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Torunlar Gmyo (IS:TRGYO) rose to all time highs; rising 2.74% or 0.12 to 4.50.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.93% or 11.30 to $1230.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.11% or 0.04 to hit $35.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.03 to trade at $37.72 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.63% to 2.8308, while EUR/TRY rose 0.65% to 3.2252.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.58.