Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Basic Metals and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Altin (IS:KOZAL), which rose 5.12% or 0.49 points to trade at 10.06 at the close. Ayen Enerji (IS:AYEN) added 3.66% or 0.120 points to end at 3.400 and Borusan Mannesmann (IS:BRSAN) was up 3.25% or 0.28 points to 8.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tumosan Motor Ve Traktor (IS:TMSN), which lost 5.58% or 0.450 points to trade at 7.620 in late trade. Trakya Cam (IS:TRKCM) declined 5.26% or 0.140 points to end at 2.520 and Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL) shed 5.05% or 0.310 points to 5.830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 80 and 55 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.15 to $1351.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.55% or 0.71 to hit $46.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.67 to trade at $49.02 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.53% to 2.9245, while EUR/TRY rose 0.29% to 3.2987.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.84% at 94.78.