Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Leasing & Factoring, Real Estate Investments and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 lost 3.10%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Metro Ticari ve Mali Yatirimlar Holding AS (IS:METRO), which rose 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Kiler Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS:KLGYO) added 6.51% or 0.140 points to end at 2.290 and Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma ve Uretim AS (IS:IPEKE) was up 3.08% or 0.200 points to 6.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS (IS:TKNSA), which fell 7.52% or 0.300 points to trade at 3.690 at the close. Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi AS (IS:IZMDC) declined 6.64% or 0.160 points to end at 2.250 and GSD Holding AS (IS:GSDHO) was down 6.58% or 0.050 points to 0.710.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 298 to 66 and 40 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1300.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.60% or 1.09 to hit $67.12 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.17 to trade at $77.89 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 1.72% to 4.5419, while EUR/TRY rose 1.85% to 5.3059.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.08.