Investing.com – Turkey equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Technology and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turcas Petrol (IS:TRCAS), which rose 6.59% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.940 at the close. Metro Holding (IS:METRO) added 6.45% or 0.080 points to end at 1.320 and Kartonsan (IS:KARTN) was up 4.30% or 13.40 points to 325.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Otokar (IS:OTKAR), which lost 4.67% or 6.20 points to trade at 126.50 in late trade. Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) declined 4.07% or 1.08 points to end at 25.46 and Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME) shed 3.85% or 0.090 points to 2.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 172 to 166 and 68 ended unchanged on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.55% or 6.65 to $1202.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.37% or 1.19 to hit $49.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 1.18 to trade at $51.93 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.55% to 3.7660, while EUR/TRY rose 0.96% to 3.9870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.99.