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Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 1.77%

Published 05/15/2018, 12:05 PM
Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 1.77%

Turkey stocks lower at close of trade; BIST 100 down 1.77%

XU100
-1.01%
XTEKS
-0.60%
XKMYA
-1.20%
XBANK
-1.56%
CRFSA
-2.65%
IPEKE
-0.60%
KIPA
0.00%
KOZAA
2.46%
ICBCT
-1.70%
YATAS
-1.59%

Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Textile & Leather and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 1.77%.

The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS (IS:KOZAA), which rose 8.60% or 0.540 points to trade at 6.820 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) added 4.79% or 0.220 points to end at 4.810 and Tesco Kipa Kitle Pazarlama Ticaret Lojistik ve Gida Sanayi AS (IS:KIPA) was up 3.61% or 0.070 points to 2.010 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were CarrefourSA Carrefour Sabanci Ticaret Merkezi AS (IS:CRFSA), which fell 10.53% or 0.60 points to trade at 5.10 at the close. ICBC Turkey Bank AS (IS:ICBCT) declined 8.53% or 0.550 points to end at 5.900 and Yatas Yatak ve Yorgan Sanayi Ticaret AS (IS:YATAS) was down 5.25% or 1.420 points to 25.640.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 297 to 81 and 26 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.90% or 25.10 to $1293.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.43 to trade at $78.66 a barrel.

USD/TRY was up 1.86% to 4.4483, while EUR/TRY rose 1.30% to 5.2779.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 93.03.

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