Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate Investments and Basic Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS), which rose 4.88% or 1.100 points to trade at 23.660 at the close. Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:CEMTS) added 4.51% or 0.200 points to end at 4.630 and Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) was up 4.43% or 0.70 points to 16.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DO & Co AG (IS:DOCO), which lost 3.97% or 7.90 points to trade at 191.10 in late trade. Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESBE) declined 3.84% or 0.410 points to end at 10.280 and Turkiye Is Bankasi AS Class C (IS:ISCTR) shed 3.09% or 0.220 points to 6.910.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 240 to 123 and 41 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.39 to $1274.61 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.21 to trade at $58.65 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.36% to 3.8189, while EUR/TRY rose 0.39% to 4.4691.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.81% at 94.29.