Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Tourism, Transport and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 0.36% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT), which rose 8.35% or 0.450 points to trade at 5.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari AS (IS:BIZIM) added 3.32% or 0.26 points to end at 8.10 and Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) was up 2.42% or 0.120 points to 5.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Celebi Hava Servisi AS (IS:CLEBI), which fell 10.39% or 4.16 points to trade at 35.88 at the close. Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS (IS:TTRAK) declined 5.92% or 3.90 points to end at 61.95 and Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) was down 3.93% or 0.69 points to 16.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 199 to 157 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS (IS:TTRAK) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.92% or 3.90 to 61.95.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.39% or 5.10 to $1317.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $67.97 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.41 to trade at $74.41 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.20% to 4.0735, while EUR/TRY fell 0.52% to 4.9391.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 91.30.