Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Metal Products & Machinery and Tourism sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Vakif Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:VKGYO), which rose 6.18% or 0.160 points to trade at 2.750 at the close. Meanwhile, ENKA Insaat ve Sanayi AS (IS:ENKAI) added 3.10% or 0.170 points to end at 5.650 and Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ORD (IS:TCELL) was up 2.83% or 0.43 points to 15.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA), which fell 8.65% or 0.390 points to trade at 4.120 at the close. Global Yatirim Holding AS (IS:GLYHO) declined 8.37% or 0.390 points to end at 4.270 and Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Uretim AS (IS:ZOREN) was down 5.61% or 0.120 points to 2.020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 287 to 91 and 28 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.18% or 2.40 to $1317.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.50% or 0.31 to hit $61.48 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.35 to trade at $65.16 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.52% to 3.8249, while EUR/TRY rose 0.53% to 4.6943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.11.