Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electricity, Banking and Basic Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Fenerbahce Futbol AS (IS:FENER), which rose 4.90% or 0.35 points to trade at 7.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Kordsa Global Endustriyel Iplik ve Kord Bezi Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KORDS) added 4.72% or 0.50 points to end at 11.10 and Karsan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KARSN) was up 4.70% or 0.070 points to 1.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Albaraka Turk Katilim Bankasi AS (IS:ALBRK), which fell 6.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.490 at the close. Turkiye Halk Bankasi (IS:HALKB) declined 3.89% or 0.24 points to end at 5.93 and Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Class D (IS:KRDMD) was down 3.17% or 0.080 points to 2.440.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 190 to 158 and 58 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1294.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.45% or 0.89 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.33 to trade at $69.34 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 2.90% to 5.6447, while EUR/TRY rose 2.70% to 6.3161.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.053.