Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Textile & Leather and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO), which rose 5.26% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) added 4.96% or 20.60 points to end at 436.10 and Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO) was up 4.34% or 0.94 points to 22.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE), which fell 4.38% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.400 at the close. Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) declined 3.68% or 0.130 points to end at 3.400 and Soda Sanayi AS (IS:SODA) was down 3.40% or 0.250 points to 7.110.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 255 to 114 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) rose to all time highs; up 4.96% or 20.60 to 436.10.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 6.50 to $1208.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.08% or 1.44 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.58 to trade at $79.64 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 1.08% to 6.3601, while EUR/TRY fell 0.94% to 7.3973.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.86.