Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transport and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.75%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Tofas Oto. Fab. (IS:TOASO), which lost 4.10% or 0.94 points to trade at 22.00 in late trade. Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL) declined 3.23% or 0.57 points to end at 17.07 and Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) shed 3.22% or 0.59 points to 17.71.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 199 to 138 and 73 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.70 to $1227.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.04% or 1.81 to hit $37.70 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 2.8411, while EUR/TRY rose 0.64% to 3.2464.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.32.