Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Textile & Leather and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Gayrimenkul Proje Gelistirme ve Ticaret AS (IS:IHLGM), which rose 8.64% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS) added 7.89% or 0.030 points to end at 0.410 and Anadolu Cam Sanayi AS (IS:ANACM) was up 3.31% or 0.100 points to 3.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indeks Bilgisayar Sistemleri Muhendislik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:INDES), which fell 5.70% or 0.440 points to trade at 7.280 at the close. Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) declined 5.17% or 0.270 points to end at 4.950 and Kerevitas Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:KERVT) was down 4.79% or 0.08 points to 1.59.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 248 to 117 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.30% or 3.95 to $1312.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.64% or 0.41 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.85 to trade at $71.46 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.03% to 5.6888, while EUR/TRY rose 0.01% to 6.4083.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.558.