Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Tourism and Sports sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.06% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Odas Elektrik (IS:ODAS), which rose 4.82% or 0.530 points to trade at 11.530 at the close. Yazicilar Holding (IS:YAZIC) added 3.73% or 0.76 points to end at 21.16 and Soda Sanayii (IS:SODA) was up 3.31% or 0.200 points to 6.240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trabzonspor Sportif (IS:TSPOR), which lost 2.20% or 0.060 points to trade at 2.670 in late trade. Besiktas Futbol Yat. (IS:BJKAS) declined 1.92% or 0.100 points to end at 5.110 and Gozde Girisim (IS:GOZDE) shed 1.86% or 0.040 points to 2.110.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 166 to 165 and 74 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1257.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.47% or 0.74 to hit $50.98 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 0.93 to trade at $54.05 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.57% to 3.6652, while EUR/TRY rose 0.51% to 3.9097.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 100.50.