Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 declined 3.00%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were TAV Havalimanlari Holding (IS:TAVHL), which rose 3.65% or 0.82 points to trade at 23.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA) added 3.62% or 0.160 points to end at 4.580 and Ege Endustri ve Ticaret AS (IS:EGEEN) was up 3.54% or 11.00 points to 321.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN), which fell 8.17% or 0.70 points to trade at 7.87 at the close. Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN) declined 7.13% or 0.360 points to end at 4.690 and Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) was down 6.47% or 0.150 points to 2.170.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 348 to 41 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (IS:GARAN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.17% or 0.70 to 7.87. Shares in Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO (IS:VAKBN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.13% or 0.360 to 4.690.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1256.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.55 to trade at $78.62 a barrel.
USD/TRY was down 0.63% to 4.7072, while EUR/TRY fell 0.76% to 5.5235.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.97.