Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Sports, Transport and Basic Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Eczacibasi Ilac (IS:ECILC), which rose 4.75% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.090 at the close. Tekfen Holding (IS:TKFEN) added 4.02% or 0.31 points to end at 8.03 and Parsan (IS:PARSN) was up 3.25% or 0.300 points to 9.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY), which lost 12.42% or 2.88 points to trade at 20.30 in late trade. Tesco Kipa (IS:KIPA) declined 6.55% or 0.110 points to end at 1.570 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) shed 3.57% or 0.010 points to 0.270.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 224 to 102 and 83 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1270.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.52% or 0.76 to hit $49.09 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 0.80 to trade at $49.82 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.47% to 2.8960, while EUR/TRY fell 0.02% to 3.2705.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 93.86.