Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 0.82%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Sports , Insurance and Leasing & Factoring sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO ), which rose 2.57% or 5.30 points to trade at 211.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa Solar Enerji AS (IS:ALFAS ) added 2.29% or 1.60 points to end at 71.50 and Baticim Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayi AS (IS:BTCIM ) was up 1.98% or 2.70 points to 139.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Is Yatirim Menkul Degerler AS (IS:ISMEN ), which fell 4.28% or 1.90 points to trade at 42.52 at the close. Trabzonspor Sportif Yatirim ve Futbol Isletmeciligi Ticaret AS (IS:TSPOR ) declined 4.24% or 0.05 points to end at 1.13 and Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI ) was down 4.22% or 3.50 points to 79.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 440 to 128 and 10 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.62% or 16.41 to $2,681.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $74.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $77.01 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 0.12% to 35.36, while EUR/TRY fell 0.18% to 36.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 109.00.

Source: Investing.com