Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Banking and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAL), which rose 5.56% or 2.00 points to trade at 38.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Deva Holding AS (IS:DEVA) added 4.48% or 0.200 points to end at 4.660 and Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA) was up 3.62% or 0.220 points to 6.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:GOZDE), which fell 5.39% or 0.300 points to trade at 5.270 at the close. Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (IS:ULKER) declined 4.05% or 0.92 points to end at 21.80 and Aksa Enerji Uretim AS (IS:AKSEN) was down 3.50% or 0.170 points to 4.690.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 215 to 124 and 70 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.16% or 2.10 to $1325.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.40% or 0.24 to hit $60.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $64.46 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.21% to 3.8818, while EUR/TRY fell 0.01% to 4.8008.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.76.