Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Banking and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Hurriyet Gzt. (IS:HURGZ), which rose 3.08% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.670 at the close. Meanwhile, Tav Havalimanlari (IS:TAVHL) added 3.03% or 0.65 points to end at 22.10 and Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) was up 2.01% or 0.030 points to 1.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON), which fell 19.35% or 3.60 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Vestel Beyaz Esya (IS:VESBE) declined 4.51% or 0.600 points to end at 12.700 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was down 4.35% or 0.010 points to 0.230.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 319 to 89 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.01% or 0.030 to 1.520. Shares in Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.35% or 0.010 to 0.230.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.74% or 8.50 to $1161.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.33% or 1.22 to hit $51.11 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.59 to trade at $56.26 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.16% to 2.6810, while EUR/TRY rose 0.45% to 2.9709.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.55% at 96.35.