Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Tourism and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 2.77%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (IS:TUPRS), which rose 4.46% or 5.90 points to trade at 138.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Tekfen Holding AS (IS:TKFEN) added 3.41% or 0.74 points to end at 22.42 and Soda Sanayi AS (IS:SODA) was up 1.27% or 0.090 points to 7.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alarko Holding AS (IS:ALARK), which fell 8.13% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.260 at the close. Akbank TAS (IS:AKBNK) declined 7.99% or 0.51 points to end at 5.87 and Migros Ticaret AS (IS:MGROS) was down 7.95% or 1.20 points to 13.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 343 to 45 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.40 to $1205.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.09% or 1.60 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.23 to trade at $85.06 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 2.25% to 6.1820, while EUR/TRY rose 2.71% to 7.1325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 95.42.