Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Tourism and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.71%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Ihlas Holding AS (IS:IHLAS), which rose 4.17% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:VESTL) added 3.64% or 0.470 points to end at 13.370 and Ihlas Gayrimenkul Proje Gelistirme ve Ticaret AS (IS:IHLGM) was up 3.45% or 0.030 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (IS:TOASO), which fell 6.31% or 1.14 points to trade at 16.92 at the close. GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO) declined 5.21% or 0.050 points to end at 0.910 and Gersan Elektrik Ticaret ve Sanayi AS (IS:GEREL) was down 5.19% or 0.120 points to 2.190.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 308 to 63 and 34 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1280.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $65.76 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.32 to trade at $74.89 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.14% to 5.9373, while EUR/TRY rose 1.06% to 6.6160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.822.