Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 3.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL), which rose 3.65% or 0.82 points to trade at 23.30 at the close. Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA) added 3.62% or 0.160 points to end at 4.580 and Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) was up 3.54% or 11.00 points to 321.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN), which lost 8.17% or 0.70 points to trade at 7.87 in late trade. Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN) declined 7.13% or 0.360 points to end at 4.690 and Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) shed 6.47% or 0.150 points to 2.170.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 348 to 41 and 19 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1256.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $73.78 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.54 to trade at $78.61 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.63% to 4.7072, while EUR/TRY fell 0.76% to 5.5235.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.97.