Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transport and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.75%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which rose 4.64% or 0.80 points to trade at 18.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) added 4.55% or 0.010 points to end at 0.230 and Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) was up 4.32% or 0.23 points to 5.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tofas Oto. Fab. (IS:TOASO), which fell 4.10% or 0.94 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) declined 3.23% or 0.57 points to end at 17.07 and Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) was down 3.22% or 0.59 points to 17.71.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 199 to 138 and 73 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.32% or 0.23 to 5.56.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.70 to $1227.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.10% or 1.83 to hit $37.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 5.04% or 1.91 to trade at $39.78 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.31% to 2.8412, while EUR/TRY rose 0.64% to 3.2467.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.32.