Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Sports and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Konya Cimento (IS:KONYA), which rose 3.78% or 11.50 points to trade at 316.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestel (IS:VESTL) added 3.76% or 0.160 points to end at 4.410 and Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) was up 3.38% or 0.350 points to 10.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret D (IS:KRDMD), which fell 4.32% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.330 at the close. Fenerbahce Futbol (IS:FENER) declined 4.21% or 1.90 points to end at 43.25 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was down 4.17% or 0.010 points to 0.240.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 282 to 111 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1165.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.51% or 0.71 to hit $47.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.39 to trade at $50.63 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.91% to 2.9532, while EUR/TRY rose 1.06% to 3.3609.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.83.