Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Metal Products & Machinery and Holdings & Investments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS), which rose 5.90% or 3.800 points to trade at 68.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL) added 4.42% or 0.53 points to end at 12.53 and Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF) was up 4.05% or 0.16 points to 4.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ODAS Elektrik Uretim Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:ODAS), which fell 4.73% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.410 at the close. Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) declined 3.74% or 0.210 points to end at 5.410 and Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS (IS:TTRAK) was down 3.49% or 1.30 points to 36.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 184 to 163 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS (IS:PGSUS) rose to all time highs; up 5.90% or 3.800 to 68.250. Shares in Gubre Fabrikalari TAS (IS:GUBRF) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.05% or 0.16 to 4.11.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 5.35 to $1510.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.92% or 0.51 to hit $55.17 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.50 to trade at $59.80 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.91% to 5.7613, while EUR/TRY rose 0.96% to 6.3883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 98.053.