Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Textile & Leather, Sports and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO), which rose 5.38% or 3.35 points to trade at 65.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Mavi Giyim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (IS:MAVI) added 3.44% or 1.80 points to end at 54.15 and Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:EKGYO) was up 3.17% or 0.080 points to 2.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which fell 10.73% or 1.700 points to trade at 14.150 at the close. Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESTL) declined 6.79% or 0.830 points to end at 11.400 and Karsan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARSN) was down 6.50% or 0.160 points to 2.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 209 to 146 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (IS:FROTO) rose to all time highs; up 5.38% or 3.35 to 65.65.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.92% or 12.50 to $1342.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.17 to hit $65.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $69.53 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.29% to 3.9771, while EUR/TRY rose 0.02% to 4.9376.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 88.94.