Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Metals, Holdings & Investments and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Alarko Holding (IS:ALARK), which rose 3.15% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Sekerbank (IS:SKBNK) added 2.94% or 0.040 points to end at 1.400 and Park Elek. Madencilik (IS:PRKME) was up 2.44% or 0.09 points to 3.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS), which fell 4.00% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.240 at the close. Dogus Otomotiv (IS:DOAS) declined 3.33% or 0.40 points to end at 11.60 and KOC Holding (IS:KCHOL) was down 3.33% or 0.40 points to 11.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 236 to 158 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.71% or 8.00 to $1124.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.19% or 1.50 to hit $45.46 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.85% or 0.91 to trade at $48.02 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.48% to 3.0206, while EUR/TRY fell 0.15% to 3.3642.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.50.