Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Tourism and Leasing & Factoring sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 1.76% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT), which rose 2.66% or 0.130 points to trade at 5.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Afyon Cimento Sanayi TAS (IS:AFYON) added 2.08% or 0.14 points to end at 6.88 and TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) was up 2.03% or 0.50 points to 25.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding AS (IS:DOHOL), which fell 7.89% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.050 at the close. Netas Telekomunikasyon AS (IS:NETAS) declined 6.37% or 0.86 points to end at 12.65 and Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (IS:CEMTS) was down 5.26% or 0.260 points to 4.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 341 to 40 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.03% or 0.50 to 25.10.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.26% or 3.50 to $1347.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $66.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.40 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.03% to 4.0961, while EUR/TRY fell 0.34% to 5.0564.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.36.