Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Sports, Electricity and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Sdt Uzay ve Savunma Teknolojileri AS (IS:SDTTR), which rose 7.65% or 22.25 points to trade at 313.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Kontrolmatik Teknoloji Enerji ve Mu (IS:KONTR) added 4.80% or 2.95 points to end at 64.45 and Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) was up 4.38% or 5.20 points to 123.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS (IS:KTLEV), which fell 6.28% or 2.90 points to trade at 43.30 at the close. Arcelik AS (IS:ARCLK) declined 5.62% or 10.00 points to end at 168.00 and Agrotech Yuksek Teknoloji ve Yatirim AS (IS:AGROT) was down 5.55% or 1.18 points to 20.08.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 427 to 132 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 15.30 to $2,467.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.45% or 2.58 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.01% or 2.35 to trade at $80.42 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.10% to 33.11, while EUR/TRY rose 0.17% to 35.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.89.