Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Sports and Leasing & Factoring sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (IS:SASA), which rose 3.67% or 0.370 points to trade at 10.460 at the close. Meanwhile, Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) added 3.55% or 12.60 points to end at 367.60 and Turcas Petrol AS (IS:TRCAS) was up 2.85% or 0.070 points to 2.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO), which fell 5.01% or 0.190 points to trade at 3.600 at the close. ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) declined 3.58% or 0.160 points to end at 4.310 and Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:CEMTS) was down 2.90% or 0.140 points to 4.690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 203 to 146 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.55% or 12.60 to 367.60.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.51% or 6.80 to $1320.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.14% or 0.70 to hit $60.45 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.43 to trade at $63.91 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.57% to 3.8231, while EUR/TRY fell 0.04% to 4.7173.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 90.03.