Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.64% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Gsd Holding (IS:GSDHO), which rose 3.19% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.970 at the close. Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) added 2.73% or 0.51 points to end at 19.16 and Net Turizm (IS:NTTUR) was up 2.42% or 0.030 points to 1.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kordsa Global (IS:KORDS), which lost 7.08% or 0.46 points to trade at 6.04 in late trade. Yapi Ve Kredi Bank. (IS:YKBNK) declined 3.88% or 0.140 points to end at 3.470 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) shed 3.25% or 1.12 points to 33.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 188 to 132 and 85 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.69% or 9.05 to $1299.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.86% or 0.39 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.20 to trade at $46.66 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.01% to 3.1153, while EUR/TRY fell 0.00% to 3.4584.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.27.