Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Food & Beverages and Wholesale & Retail Trade sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS (IS:KTLEV), which rose 7.49% or 3.90 points to trade at 56.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Europower Enerji ve Otomasyon Teknolojileri Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:EUPWR) added 3.59% or 3.00 points to end at 86.50 and Enerya Enerji AS (IS:ENERY) was up 2.51% or 5.10 points to 208.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peker Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:PEKGY), which fell 6.99% or 0.36 points to trade at 4.79 at the close. Coca-Cola Icecek AS (IS:CCOLA) declined 5.03% or 3.00 points to end at 56.65 and Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:TTKOM) was down 4.38% or 2.40 points to 52.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 445 to 121 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 3.80 to $2,680.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.37% or 0.98 to hit $70.58 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.75 to trade at $73.72 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.09% to 34.14, while EUR/TRY fell 0.16% to 38.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 100.44.